Fuddy Dud

I guess it time.
Time to quit pretending.
Pretending that I’m as good as I think I am.
I am not innocent.
Innocent is perfection.
Perfection was attained only by one.
Jesus.
Jesus should be the deciding factor in all our questions.
All our dilemmas.
All our quandaries.
All our conundrums.
All our battles.
All our temptations.
All our struggles.
All we do.
Would we talk the same way if Jesus were in the room?
Would I laugh at the same things if Jesus were right next to me?
Why would I laugh at it now, if I wouldn’t if here were next to me?
How much is personal preference or discretion?
Where do we draw the line?
Personal conviction can only be used in a few instances.
Not many.
Laughing at a dirty or off-color joke.
Not an instance.
Watching a movie we shouldn’t watch.
Not an instance.
Looking at a website we shouldn’t look at.
Not an instance.
Saying something we shouldn’t say.
Not an instance.
It doesn’t matter how mad you are.
It doesn’t matter how bad things are.
It doesn’t matter how funny it appears.
It doesn’t matter how many people do it.
What matters is what Jesus would say about it.
I’ve sat back and had my opinions.
I’ve picked other peoples lives apart.
I’ve said where other people mess up.
I point out their sins.
But what about my own?
I know all have sinned and fall short.
But that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t try harder.
It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try harder.
Our sin nature isn’t an excuse.
It’s an obstacle.
It’s the challenge.
It’s what we must overcome.
It’s what we can overcome.
It’s what Jesus overcame.
And he lives in us.
So if he lives in us, why don’t we act more like him?
Why do we lean on our own convictions?
Why do we lean on our own understanding?
It’s choice.
It’s free will.
God gave it to us.
But he also gave us examples and lessons of how to use it.
Free will has become ego to us.
It’s not free will anymore.
It’s “Me” will.
And we will do what makes us happy.
Or what makes us feel better.
Or what eases our conscience.
That fact is.
We shouldn’t laugh at the innuendoes in Austin Powers.
We shouldn’t rate the language in movies as not that much, or it doesn’t bother me.
We shouldn’t rate the skin as just a scene or only in a couple places.
We shouldn’t support the love story of gay cowboys.
There shouldn’t have to be a gay character in every movies or TV show.
And contrary to public opinion, that’s not how a majority of America is.
It’s just what the media portrays.
What’s more,
We shouldn’t pass any of it off as “entertainment”.
If it’s not entertaining to God, is it really entertaining?
Maybe I’ll have to be called a stick in the mud.
Maybe they’ll call me a fuddy-dud.
But they won’t call me a hypocrite.
They won’t call me phony.
They won’t call me one of those Christians.
They’ll know how I act.
They’ll know who I am.
They’ll know who my God is.
They’ll know Jesus is my Savior.