Getting drunk and other stupid things
Why do some people continue to do stupid things like getting drunk? We went to a party our neighbors had for his 40th birthday last weekend. We left after 2 hours at about 6 that evening. The party went on and on until well past midnight. There was a lot of drinking and we saw guys lying in their front lawn and even saw a guy peeing outside on their fence. We were glad that our kids were able to sleep and didn’t see any of that. You would think that with all of the negative effects this causes like feeling terrible the next day with a hangover, not remembering much from the night before, possibly throwing up which is never a pleasant experience, making a fool of yourself, and not to mention all of the possible long-term effects that it can have to you physically as well as financially that they would learn and not do this again. Yet, some people continue to repeat this activity, some every weekend and some even more often.
I am so glad that I have Christ in my life that I don’t need to turn to other things like this. Even so, as a Christian we can be just as stupid when God promises to bless us and we can have so much joy when we are obedient to Him and yet we constantly turn the other direction and disobey God’s Word which has all kinds of negative effects to our lives and we miss out on the blessings. Isn’t God awesome though that he still wants us back even when we have been disobedient and will forgive our sins and cleanse us (I John 1:9) and that he desires so much to have a close relationship with us. All of this is possible only through the blood of Christ that he shed for us on the cross which covers our sins and allows us to come into the presence of God.
I am so glad that I have Christ in my life that I don’t need to turn to other things like this. Even so, as a Christian we can be just as stupid when God promises to bless us and we can have so much joy when we are obedient to Him and yet we constantly turn the other direction and disobey God’s Word which has all kinds of negative effects to our lives and we miss out on the blessings. Isn’t God awesome though that he still wants us back even when we have been disobedient and will forgive our sins and cleanse us (I John 1:9) and that he desires so much to have a close relationship with us. All of this is possible only through the blood of Christ that he shed for us on the cross which covers our sins and allows us to come into the presence of God.
posted by whaaaat! at
9:56 AM
1 Comments:
This is SO true.
I had a roommate in college who canstantly claimed to hve had a good time at drinking parties.
"That's great, Johnny. What did you do?"
"I don't remember, but we had a great time."
Hmmmm.
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Joe, at 4:11 AM
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