“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.” But his delight….Ps1.1 NKJV
The blessing of God is that positive experience not only when we do not partake in the revelry of the rebellious but when we find delight in the path of the righteous.
Now one song that came out of my generation, scorns the moral life. It is about a young man wooing a catholic girl to cash in her morals, to come out with him and see what she‘s giving up. The scoffer sings his song, “They say there's a heaven for those who will wait, Some say it's better but I say it ain't. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints the Sinners are much more fun. Only the good die young”
Now what is so very sad is that many people have religiously died to the ways of the world but have never risen to the abundant life promised by Christ. Christ did not come to make us religious, or moral for the sake of being moral but to free us to discover the breath-taking beauty of life in God. No doubt that Jesus calls us to a moral life. But the moral life is not just about self denial. Christ calls us to life, abundant life, fruitful life, eternal life, a resurrected life that is blessed by God. Are we weeping at the playground fence, sadly longing for all that is forbidden on the other side, or are we alive, running free, running joyful in all that is life indeed? 11/19/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
