Romans 12:2

Jesus says, "Come to me with a teachable spirit, eager to be changed." Do we want to be changed? How can we be changed? A few questions of what any person would ask. I believe being changed involves being transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2 says, "Do not be conformed of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you will prove what is good and acceptable and perfect in the will of God." This reminds me of a quote a friend had said to me, "Be in the world, but not of it. " We live in a world of differences, of beliefs and different morals. If you think of it, I do not believe any of us will ever see eye to eye with things of the Word of God or dealing with morals or beliefs.

This generation is coming up to be a selfish world dealing with parents who don't give much care to their children, or children who think they can do and say what they want to their parents. Do you think things would change with our young people if we trained up our parents to teach and disciplin their children to obey and do right? Maybe, maybe not? But i believe our parents have a mind set of still wanting to persue their dreams that maybe they did not get to live. They want to worry about what they want, rather than to take time with their kids and what they might want to do. And that leads the children to go and search for someone or something to be interested in them and what they want to do. I believe that is why there are so many problems with teenagers being in relationships and getting themselves into situations they don't want to be in, because our parents are so wrapped up in the "American Dream," the want to still be young and pretty and have close friends like in high school.

Our children are reaching out for something tangable, something real, something or someone they can trust. They can see fake from a million miles away. They don't know what to look for cause us "Christians" are sitting on our butts doing what WE want to do for ourselves. What would Jesus do? It says Jesus spent all of his time with the low of lows. He spent time with the poor, the weak, the stealing, the ones who we look at today as "Bad, sinnful" people. They are bad and sinnful because they are yet still sinners, they do not have what we have. And we keep it bottled up inside as if we are too scared to make anyone feel uncomfortable or better yet we are too afraid to feel uncomfortable. Jesus also says, "Go! unto every nation preaching the gospel, and making desciples among nations." Are we doing that? Are we even close to doing that? We are too focused on what people might think or what they will say if we even step into something that might make us feel uncomfortable. It's sad. We don't have the guts to make a difference. We talk and talk and talk about it, but don't put what we say into action. Come to think of it, it's amazing how we can gosip all day about someone or something that has recently happened with someone, but yet we can't talk about the things that God is doing in our lives or how blessed they are at having a life or being able to be apart of Gods amazing beauty on this earth. This world is taking reality into a perspective that is hitting us in the face and not realizing what it is doing to us. It's tearing families apart, breaking the hearts of young teenagers, and making people bitter against the ones that have hurt them. Forgiving is out of the question for families. I don't even think forgivness is a choice anymore when it comes to it.

God has great plans for everyone. He has written everyones story for them and it has a beginning, and an end. Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and future." This is true. God has great things for each and every person. Even you. He will always love and persue you everyday you wake up and everyday you go to sleep. He will never leave you nor forsake you. He loves YOU!