How often do we worry about what others think? I'm not just talking peer pressure here, but more politically correct kind of worry.
You may or may not notice, but most anything we talk about that our country was founded on, in today's age, it's considered "offensive." Hear me out before you call me crazy.
Greeting people around Christmas: we have resorted to saying "Happy Holidays!" so we don't offend anyone by saying a word with "Christ" in it. We can still wish people a happy Valentines, happy St. Patrick's day, happy new year, happy Halloween...even happy Hanukkah...but we have to make it a wide range word for the Christian's holiday (or what USED to be "our" holiday.)
We cannot talk about morals, because it might come across wrong to someone of a different religion. How many times do we not speak up because of fear? Personally, I am fed up with the word "offensive." It has no meaning anymore except to keep people from speaking up against what's wrong. It started with politicians...well of course, because they couldn't say what their morals really were otherwise they would lose votes. Heaven forbid! Then it started to sneak and inch it's way into the religious crowds, or more specifically, the circle of Christians. See, there is a HUGE difference in purposefully going out and offending people and standing up for what is right. The line is actually very clearly drawn and simple to see, though we claim it's too blended to see.
We are told in the bible not to lie...we all know that one even if we don't have a relationship with Jesus...but lying doesn't just mean saying something that isn't true. We can lie by not speaking up, or more, letting someone believe we believe a certain thing by NOT speaking up.
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." -2 Timothy 1:7
We have the most powerful Being, THE God of everything, on our side. He tells us that He has already won all of our battles for us before they've even started! All of that...and we can't stand up and tell someone that killing an unborn child is wrong? We can't even tell someone Merry Christmas much less stand up for larger problems we hear about every day.
Have we all become spineless beings?
The term WWJD isn't just a silly fad. It is a very valid question.
-What Would Jesus Do?
-Who Would Jesus Love?
-Who Would Jesus Care For?
-Where Would Jesus Plant?
-How Would Jesus Answer?
Would Jesus stand up for what we're NOT standing up for?
It's time to stand up, speak out, let other people know what is wrong.
Do we watch what we say, making sure to be gentle and stay shy of the toes of other people so we don't upset them?
How far will we go, how watered down will we weaken the truth before it becomes nothingness? Soon, what we call "truth" will be nothing but people speaking words. It will mean nothing and do nothing; we will become as loud gongs and clanging symbols.
Go back and look in history; how many people died to make this country what it is today, to have the standards we used to hold so dear?
You go listen to interviews on regular people, everyday Janes and Johns, and you will be shocked. When asked about what is right and wrong, whether it is simply put like that or questions of more detail (such as "is lying wrong?"). People will say "Well, I think it depends on who you ask. Everyone has a different idea of what is right and wrong, and it's not my place to tell them what is and isn't." No joke. Person after person.
Like I already said, we shouldn't purposefully go out and make people mad or offend them. But we also shouldn't keep our mouths shut because their could possibly be a disagreement. The worst thing that can happen from us speaking the truth is someone telling us they disagree. But our job is done; we have made the truth known.
Truth: a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle
Will you let the truth fade? It's a choice.
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