No Boundaries
"...show respect for older people..."
[Leviticus 19:32 | Contemporary English Version]
"Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth." [Ephesians 4:29 | The Message]
"A refusal to correct is a refusal to love; love your children by disciplining them." [Proverbs 13:24 | The Message]
[sigh]
Here I go again. Sounding like an old goat. Is it me, or have kids gone mad? I am the first person to "believe the best of every person" but lately my "believe-in-people" sensor has been extremely challenged. What is it with kids / youth that have no sense of respect around adults? It's bad enough that they are foul-mouthed around their friends, but lately they seem no different around ME!
I worked with pre-teens and youth for over 10 years and I have never seen such disregard for people or lack of self-control. It seems that kids these days have absolutely no boundaries or standard that they can measure their actions by. I know, I know... I'm sounding like a broken record. Been there, said that. But sheesh! It is overwhelming sometimes!
I alluded to this scripture in the Bible earlier, because it is the only "hope" I have in the midst of a society that has lost its morality:
"But you, keep your head in all situations... endure hardship... do the work of an evangelist..." [2 Timothy 4:5 | New International Version]
Because... "God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again." [John 3:17 | The Message]
[Leviticus 19:32 | Contemporary English Version]
"Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth." [Ephesians 4:29 | The Message]
"A refusal to correct is a refusal to love; love your children by disciplining them." [Proverbs 13:24 | The Message]
[sigh]
Here I go again. Sounding like an old goat. Is it me, or have kids gone mad? I am the first person to "believe the best of every person" but lately my "believe-in-people" sensor has been extremely challenged. What is it with kids / youth that have no sense of respect around adults? It's bad enough that they are foul-mouthed around their friends, but lately they seem no different around ME!
I worked with pre-teens and youth for over 10 years and I have never seen such disregard for people or lack of self-control. It seems that kids these days have absolutely no boundaries or standard that they can measure their actions by. I know, I know... I'm sounding like a broken record. Been there, said that. But sheesh! It is overwhelming sometimes!
"Wanna hear a joke?" When I'm asked that by a 10-year-old I get nervous!It's a boldness that not only makes me cringe, but it grieves my heart. Because I DO believe in people, and yet it is becoming more difficult to "see" the potential of these young lives through all the crap.
"Did you see that movie?" Of course I didn't, because it was full of swearing, violence and nudity! Why did YOU see it?
"It's okay if I smoke pot, my teacher thinks it's cool; and my dad knows about it." What did you just say? Your teacher? And your father what?!
I alluded to this scripture in the Bible earlier, because it is the only "hope" I have in the midst of a society that has lost its morality:
"Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything without weakening." [1 Corinthians 13:7 | Amplified Bible]Everything...
"But you, keep your head in all situations... endure hardship... do the work of an evangelist..." [2 Timothy 4:5 | New International Version]
Because... "God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again." [John 3:17 | The Message]
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8:50 PMTrust me on this one, you don't sound like an old goat. I'm constantly thinking to myself "If I woulda done this or that (Whatever the case may be) when I was a kid, I woulda got at the very least a very stern talking to" And I'm not trying to act superior by any stretch of the imagination, I actually swear more than any person that I know, but I do know when to stop.
I've made the mistake of swearing around people who didn't appreciate it (I once accidently swore to a friend of mine within earshot of his pastor and his pastor's son. I still feel kinda bad about that one)
If I'm in a place with people who either A: I don't know or B: Don't appreciate swearing, I tend to not say anything at all because I know that not every single person likes to hear the F-Word coming out of my mouth every other word (or every third if it's a good day.)
I was walking around downtown the other day when I passed a group of 10-14 year olds and they were cursing up a storm. I was thinking to myself "Back in my day (Here's the part where I sound like an old geezer)I would have never thought to talk like that in public." You could be guaranteed that you were gonna get chewed out by at least one person around you telling you that back in their day swear words never existed and that they had to walk 5 miles in the snow uphill both ways. O.K I may be exagerrating just about a little bit about the reaction that I would recieve but I always new that there would be consequences about my language. I don't know about anybody else but getting a talking to about my language or behaivior is not my idea of a good time.
I guess the point of my rant is that if I can cut down on my language when I'm around stranger's or kids, then anybody should be able to.
Of course that's just my opinion. I could be wrong
Kyle
9:14 PM
James 3:2 says "We all make many mistakes, but those who control their tongues can also control themselves in every other way."
Yes... we ALL say things that we regret sometimes, but that's no reason to beat ourselves up. It's part of our humanity.
And it's cool to know that people like you (Kyle) have a sense of control - because that's what we need in order to respect others.
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