So I found out today that my son has had to stand up to some of his friends at school and say that he didn't want to take part in some of the things they thought were "funny". To be more exact he actually got up from the lunch table and not only walked away, but announced why he was leaving. I can't begin to tell you the since of pride I have in him for making such a decision. To take a stand because you know what is going on around is....well, just wrong!
As I thought about this I thought about how proud God must be of us as adults when we do this.....if we do this. That was the other thought that crossed my mind. How disappointed would I be if I found out that my son didn't stand up for what was right. And how disappointed God must be in us when we don't stand up for the right thing....or stand up for him. This will be on my mind the next time I am in a situation where my beliefs are being tested. I can only hope that I will have the nerve to be like my son, and no matter who is around, and declare that I am not going tolerate the behavior of the "world" any more. Not because I am better than everyone else, but because I am striving to be like the one who is better than us all. Jesus came to this world to be in the world, not like the world. He loved all, but that didn't mean that he didn't try to tell them when they were doing something wrong. And he certainly didn't partake in it. Let us all who claim the name of Christ try to be more like him.
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