I'm in the process of "cleaning house" - not only physically but spiritually, mentally. I'm attempting to keep my room and bathroom clean by making sure everything has its proper place and if there is no place I will either make one or simply rid myself from it.
A few years ago most people would probably consider me a nun because I simply did not listen to anything but Christian music. I didn't watch tv (still don't). and I never cursed. Present day?? I listen to songs that aren't demeaning of people (except for Your So Gay : katy perry) but definately listen to secular music. I also have grown acustom to droppin the F bomb and such things. I have completely lost all my convictions and I'm not proud of that because it's taken a serious toll on my relationship with God.
Sure I can place blame on being public schooled and my parents swearing in the home but that doesn't justify my actions and my choices. That's kinda like saying, "A man is having an affair" when really that man, is commiting Adultry. It's just sugar coating it.
So to clean this area up is to put off my swearing and to put on righteousness in the form of Scripture memorization:
- Matthew 15: 8 "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me."
- Matthew 15: 11 "What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.'"
- James 3: 6-10 "The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can ame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise out Lord and Father, and with it we curese men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be."
This isn't going to be easy but I have friends who are holding me accountable. :D
I just feel like I am called to be more in life. I can't keep skimming the serface. It's like what Coach Bin said a few weeks ago, that we can't win a championship by doing the bare minimum and hoping others will pick up the slack for us. No, I have to do everything at a 100% a hundred percent of the time. Always striving to do better, be better. Which gives me incentive to work out, control my tongue, keep my room cleaned and pass my classes. I have been a slacker long enough, now it's time to be proactive!
YAY for self peptalks! :D
XOXO
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