"Yesterday, I realized that a lot my opinions about things get in the way of my loving other people. I think certain things are right, and that there is a certain way to do them, and I've been very critical of people who don't see it that way. I think in sense I've been putting the cart before the horse. I have a lot of strong opinions about how I think the gospel and the church should interact with culture but not a lot of interaction. In the very essense of the word I've been a hypocrite."

I posted that way back in Nov. and yesterday realized that I am still in this position. I spent a lot of time this morning praying and repenting of my shallow dialogue disquised as elegant prose. Words without action are usless dribble.

"Oh, but clever words on pages turn to fragments, circles, points and lines,
And they cover them like carpets with graceful, meaningless, ornamental designs."

I've been reading this book called Holy Subversion by Trevin Wax and I like the idea that we are supposed to subvert the idols of our culture. Learning to live in a subversive way is quite another issue though. Its something only the Holy Spirit in me can do for the right reasons. If I were to stop watching movies with any sexual content in them for any other reason than the glory and exaltation of our Heavenly Father then I am being religious and blind. It is like this with every human action, thought, word. It is impossible without God. More on this next time...