November 15, 2008

I'm not going to say I told you so, but... itoldyouso!

You're right T. If we're going to be bloggers, we're bloggers for His glory.

But I don't think it stops at blogging. If I'm going to go to a movie, I'm going to see a God honoring movie. If I'm going to hang out with friends, I'm going to spend time doing God honoring things. If I'm going to get up today, I get up for God. That needs to be our attitude.

My favorite part of the whole article was this:

"Bre, a high school senior from Indiana, experienced low expectations firsthand. She, along with other young people, had participated in some community service projects and afterward gave a report to her church. Following the service she overheard a man saying, 'Aren’t you glad these kids aren’t out smoking pot or drinking?

''That comment just broke my heart,' Bre wrote to us, 'because there truly is a level of mediocrity that has infiltrated not just our culture, but our churches as well.'"

It's not enough for us to not be smoking or drinking! And it's not enough for others to expect us to just not do those things. That's not our goal in life. That should not be our bare minimum. We need to be expected to do hard things, and we need to do them. The general attitude should not be "Well, at least they're not doing sinful things," if we're not doing things for God. It's a cultural change that needs to happen.

Look, me and Tallulah struggle too. We're not always perfect, and we're not always the perfect Philippians 4:8 girls. But we're trying. Please try with us. We have to be the change we want to see.