Today I had the privilege of spending some time with my Youth Pastor from when I was a teenager. We sat and had lunch with each other, swapping stories and bringing each other up to date as to what is going on in our lives. We reminisced about "Old Times" and the way things "Used" to be.
We talked about people we knew back then and what they were doing today, we spoke of the church we used to attend and where they "Used" to stand and just how far they have "Drifted" away from the standard that was set and the foundation that was laid many years ago.
The longer we talked, the more obvious and heartbreaking the reality became that there are very few (Christian Homes, Schools, Preachers and Churches) who are "Still Holding Forth The Standard".
In our society, and in our Churches today there is an overwhelming sense of "Compromise". People as a whole seem more and more inclined to just STOP STANDING for ANYTHING!
The Bible tells us that in the "Last Days" there will be more and more of this kind of thing happening in our world. When the Bible talks about a "... falling away" it is talking about falling away from the Lord, from His word, His commandments, His instruction and His divine plan for our lives. Quite literally this is talking of "Departing" or "Walking Away" from Jesus Christ.
What a sad commentary for the Church. The one thing that Jesus left us is the Church, and He knew that we Christians are such "Leaky Vessels" that there would be a day when we would "Walk Away" from Him and also from His Teaching. Now let us be very clear on this fact, it is "US" (you and I) who have made the decision to "Turn" from the path, "Turn" from His presence and do our "Own Thing". It breaks my heart to watch as "Christianity" turns it's back on God.
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Ever thought about people we knew back then and what they were doing today?
The church they used to attend and where they "Used" to stand and just how far they have "Drifted" away from the standard that was set and the foundation that was laid many years ago.
Well they may be apart from where they used to be because of the things going on in this world today and the things they are going thru. They may be going through depression and wish they could talk to some one they knew back then and still consider real good godly friends today. But because of certain hang ups either with their selves or of others they can’t talk to them, even though they would love to.
I seem to have a problem with this because of jealous spouses or they are afraid to get near to their use to be friends because of the feeling they have towards some one even though the other party has no feeling for them that way but still may hold a place in their heart for one.
I feel that sometimes if our spouse doesn’t “trust” you in the first place then there was no “TRUST” in the first place. What is the use to have a marriage that there is NO TRUST?
Sometimes there is the shoulder that one can lean on to, or “cry” on but when one feels that they can’t “trust” even themselves even to listen to one that is so far away because of the left over feeling from way back when, then they themselves have a problem, not the person/persons they once knew. They themselves have the “hang-up” not the other.
SO WHAT IS THE USE???????
I guess the thing is that who ever or whomever can’t trust themselves for even this need to go on with their lives/life and don’t worry about the person who thinks and might even pray for them,
Maybe the thing is that they are better off not knowing how they are doing or even in need of pray and the occasionally chat sometimes.
All summed up in one word Prayer…. That is what they can do for them…right????
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