Sunday 17 April 2016

The stark difference between light and darkness

On 10 April, Sunday, I read the shocking and depressing news of our teenage boys paying for sex. Though I know it's now common for people to have premarital sex starting from teenage years, it was still shocking that they actually pay for it, treat sex like a game of tennis...
For 3 days, I had this prompting to write in but I only obeyed on the third day.
I was thinking, maybe others would write in; people more qualified than me...
It is always a big project to write in, with me sitting in front of the computer for a few hours...
3 days of rationalizing why I didn't need to write in.
Or rather 3 days of disobedience to God's voice.
After I wrote in, I had a great sense of relief.
My Lord has taught me to write and then surrender to Him as to whether it would be published or not.
Yes, good.
No, it is always a good practice, carry on.
In both cases, there is great impetus to write better each time. I am learning to sincerely thank God for each letter, instead of beating myself up for not writing better on hindsight.
To do that is to belittle the Holy Spirit in me, who enabled me to write each letter.
I will always improve, even if it is not as fast as I want.
My language is simple but God has assured me that in my simple language, I bring a clear message across.
While I may bemoan that I don't write as beautifully or as expressively as others, this is me, my language, my style of writing, my code.
This time round is interesting.
1. I took 3 days to obey. Why wait for others to write in? Everyone must have thought the same thing. This world becomes darker when each light tries to hide.
2. When the letter was published, it was like a face-off with him.
3. I learnt lessons about light and darkness, about obeying God. Delayed obedience is disobedience :(

http://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/rethink-what-we-teach-teens-about-sex

When I saw him at a meeting last year, he recognized me but we are now of different camps.
I thank God that I am now in the light.
The things I see now, I never knew before.
I felt very sad that he has gone far, that it is a point of no return unless he opens his heart to receive Christ.
The whole issue about casual sex is not about stigmatizing people.
It's about wrong behaviours with dire consequences.
People in the dark take offence/issues personally because they know subconsciously that something is wrong with their behaviour.
They are blind or in denial of the root causes of problems, patching holes instead of renewing the mind.
They attribute personal responsibility to others, seeing themselves as victims rather than conquerors over life issues.
There is loss of control in darkness where diseases abound.
Light shows off self-control that gives life.
The stark difference between light and darkness is portrayed in these two letters.
Nothing to do with the writers but the God in me and the god who is he.
I have never stopped praying for him and his organization.
I know my God will bring back His lost sheep.

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