Or So They Say

Society is messed up. It has a way of twisting the truth and deceiving people. It drills principles and ideas into us at an early age, causing us to live the rest of our lives maintaining ourselves with those standards guiding us.-whether they are accurate or not.

I happen to have an issue with this.

Sure, not every single standard that society imposes is bad.  BUT:

1) Society no longer looks out for our children. It has no respect for future generations or (more importantly) the Lord. Since we want to raise our children to be like Jesus and to love and serve Him, wouldn't we want to try to protect them from a world that teaches them to do the opposite? 

2) Society shouldn't be teaching our children. Yes, they will learn from it.-its inevitable. However, God didn't give them to society. He gave them to a mom and a dad that should teach them what is right and what is wrong. That is a parental obligation. Teach them about the Lord and the things that are pleasing to Him.

Anyway, there is one phrase thrown around a lot in today's world that I definitely have an issue with.

I was in the office of a coworker (John) along with another young coworker (Polly). They were talking and John was trying to play matchmaker for Polly because she wants to get married. They began talking about 'qualifications' which pretty much consisted of: 1) Under 50 years old 2) No more than 2 children 3) Currently Unmarried. I added to the conversation by stating that those qualifications are pretty low standards and they may want to rethink that. John responded with the phrase "Love is Blind".

This is something that I do not like at all. Love is, by no means, blind. In fact, true love has the clearest vision of all. Why do I say that?

When you love someone, you should make them better. You don't act like they are perfect. Let's be honest. We are human flesh; we have problems. That isn't to say that we should constantly hound one another over everything and demand perfection. Nor should you try to change who they are.

You work on things together and grow.

Love is not blind.

Jesus died on the cross for us because he loves us and we needed an escape from sin. If love was truly blind, we wouldn't have a God of justice. If love was blind, God would sit back and watch us destroy ourselves and do nothing to try to help us. He would overlook our sin and defy who He really is in doing so. Yes God will look past our faults, but He also demands change. He doesn't allow us to live in sin and cater to our issues because He 'loves' us. He makes us better and helps us because He loves us.
Perhaps the world's false sense of love is blind, but thank God true love is not blind! His love reaches out and saves us from the miry clay.

They say love is blind, but I know the truth. Love has 20/20.