Foolishness

I'm slowly realizing I have a slight issue when it comes to my career of choice. It is the type of career in which success is almost solely dependent upon the amount of work put into it. Now, I'm not saying I'm not a hard worker but, unlike many of my schoolmates, I have never had to work too hard for anything. I did the bare minimum in high school, and graduated with a 3.8. Struggling for something, or really wanting it and having to work hard to get it are things I've never really encountered. I know that if I decide I'm going to start working harder at this and become successful, I will. It's just the thought of actually putting forth more effort than is absolutely necessary. Frustrating, for sure.

Today Sam had a client that slightly irritated me. Not that this is anything new, but it was more of the type of things she was saying that offended me. She was openly discussing that she met a girl she was interested in, but here's the catch...she met her at church! She was saying the church was non-denominational and accepted her for who she was and would never preach the "condemnation of homosexuals" sermon at her church, because they knew that she was born that way and couldn't help it. You know why sweetheart? Because they're cool and hip and don't want to offend anyone. Who do you think you're kidding? Have you ever read the Bible? Seriously? Now don't get me wrong here, I accept people for who they are and I don't want to come off as a judgmental person, nor is it my place to condemn them, but nothing pisses me off more than when a church makes people think that there are no consequences to their actions. Like Jesus was just a cool hippie that we want to model our lives after, like the Bible is obsolete. I'm not sure how much clearer it needs to be stated than it is in 1 Corinthians 6:9, "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals," I just hate that there are places out there calling themselves churches and supposedly preaching the "Word of God", but leaving out all of the messy stuff. It's not all about living in peace and drinking wine. I just wish these people would open up their Bibles and read a passage or two once in awhile. And another thing about this situation that bugs me, is when people say "I was born this way, I can't help it." That's the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard. Everyone is born a certain way, with certain sinful desires or tendencies, that is NO reason for them to just live in a life of sin without trying to change. I was born with a tendency to be lazy, that doesn't mean it's okay for me to do nothing with my life and blame it on the fact that I was made this way and can't help it. That's a cop out that the contemporary church offers people so that they won't leave. Some people have an innate desire to lie, or be gluttonous, that doesn't make the behavior okay, it means that it's a struggle they will have to go through on a daily basis, and hope to overcome. Everyone has different sinful natures with different consequences, but none of them provide a legitimate excuse to not try to conquer them.

I think that's enough for today.