Today was the first day of February.... and I have made it through the first month of reading through the bible in a year. It’s amazing the wisdom that is surpassed in the reading just from the first month. I could only imagine the wisdom that comes from reading the bible for one’s lifetime. I have currently started the book of Leviticus, and am in Chapter 5. Today in my devotionals I was convicted of wrong doings. I have realized that the sincerity of my words has been very watered down over the past year or so. When I was younger, it was a frequent accordance when, I would be hurt by someone who didn’t commit to the things they said that they would do. I would tell myself that I would not be one of these people… and yet here I am. Today, being a person who has frequently not held to my words and promises in the little areas of my life. Whether it’s telling someone,” yeah, I will be able to make it to your basketball game to watch you,” or “yeah, I will be able to do that,” I have allowed other things get in the way of me keeping my word. In Mathew 5:37 Jesus warns us against swearing (in the sense of making vows or oaths) when he says simply to let your “Yes” be “yes” and your “no” be “no.” Our words shall be enough. If we feel we have to strengthen our words with an oath, something is wrong with our sincerity. A wise and self- controlled person avoids making rash promises.
In the world today, we look all around us and can see the sin that devours our lives. And so much of it goes unnoticed. We are all going a hundred miles an hour, not being able to get from one place to the next fast enough…. Will this world ever slow down and just stop, take one look at itself, and realize the mess we have all caused? When Israel turned from God, his glory and presence departed from the temple and it was destroyed by invading armies (2 Kings 25). Just like Jerusalem, we in America, have turned our back on god, wanting to take… “In God we Trust,” out of everything, then we sit and mock this fact and people say, “Is there a god?” We need to wake up, and restore our nation that was based on the foundation of God. We have gone so far astray that no one knows what the truth is anymore. In the past two years, how many husbands have come out and said that they had an affair on their wife…. It is disgusting. If we don’t start, opening up our bibles, studying our god, restoring our relationship with him, doing what is right, and putting other people's cares before ourselves….If we do not start doing these things.... It’s only going to get worse. Its this kind of change that America needs, not "Obama change."
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