I have to wipe the dust off my PC.

Oh. Blogs. How I have missed thee dearly.

I really enjoyed the debate or discussion (whichever is appropriate) that we had Tuesday. I had read The Second Coming beforehand, and as I was reading it, I found myself thinking, "Oh. I know exactly what this is about! I can tell what this is about merely by looking at the title! The Second Coming. The second coming of Christ. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. Right?" Wrong. I go to class and the whole discussion drives me to different thoughts completely. I found myself thinking, "Welcome Back to Honors."

One thing that sparked my interest came in these lines of the poem :

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity

This poem was written following WWI, however the words are true even today. Crime is radiating on the streets. There are murders, rapes, thefts, and all other sorts of misfortune happening in our world, our country, our states, and in our very cities. Sexual immorality is burned into the culture. Our innocence is "drowned". Then it goes back to the key lines. "The Best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." We're allowing the stench of the world to roam and corrupt our habitats, yet the good people in the world are silent. The good people are comfortable with their laziness and lack of motivation. This brings me back to a revelation that I've had in the last couple of weeks.

Lately, I've been thinking about Christianity and how it has developed. This poem has only complemented what I've been thinking. 'The best lack all conviction." The "Modern-day Christian" (as I have come to call them) is comfortable with being dormant and without taking any action. We are called to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit". Yet we have created our own doctrine. Instead of making disciples we have become satisfied with merely going to Church, reading the Bible when we feel guilty, and living a basically unchanged life. It also says in Ezekiel 18:30 that we should repent! And turn from all our transgressions, so iniquity will not be our ruin. we should cast away from all our transgressions, by which we have transgressed; and get a new heart and a new spirit.For God has no pleasure in the death of him who dies, so then we need to turn from ourevil ways and live!

We need to step out of our modern theological mold where culture has put us, and step up and be full of conviction and not have a lack of one! We should make an impact and a difference. Am I asking that everyone becomes a missionary? In a way yes. Mobile, Alabama is our mission field. Therefore, we need to go from our comfort zones and make disciples of the Lord.
This video is by Francis Chan and I watched it the other day and it only strengthened how I felt and it summarized my feelings perfectly. :) http://youtu.be/LA_uwWPE6lQ

p.s. I commented on Jamie Kilpatricks "Poetry."

Continue seeking the truth my friends.

"Aperi oculos ad lucem veritatis."