Your rights end where mine begin

I realize that today's post may not sit well with some and I apologize for any offense you may take but it is what is on my heart. I have watched as our world continues to deteriorate day by day and have heard people blame it on anything and everything. The truth, though, is that we are to blame.

No, the world isn't as bad as some make it out to be but if you can't see that we have societal and philosophical and theological issues, you are not being honest with yourself. Yes, we have issues. Yes, there are problems. BUT, YES, THEY CAN BE CORRECTED. We just have to get back to putting the responsibility on the one(s) committing the crimes and stop blaming everyone else. As I mentioned recently, we have to take personal responsibility.

Today's word is 1 Corinthians 16:13, ESV, which reads, "Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong."

There is so much in this short verse that, if we followed, would correct a lot of the issues we are experiencing. We need to be watchful. We need to call out wrongs - not in a judgemental, holier-than-thou way; none of us are good enough to judge another - but, in a corrective and intervening way. We can't continue to accept that everyone can do whatever they want, whenever they want, however they want. Yes, it is a free country, and I thank GOD every day for this country and for my freedoms, BUT, your rights end where mine begin. Your rights end when they start encroaching on my safety, my security, my liberties, and vice versa. Be watchful.

We need to stand firm in our faith and our convictions. Don't let society and especially the news media to tell you that what you believe is wrong. I am a guy that believes the Bible from cover to cover. And, until GOD changes my mind, I will believe it completely without begging or backing down. Stand firm.

I guess I am just saying that we are where we are because we have allowed things to go on because we didn't want to upset people and tell them that what they were doing is wrong and that it wouldn't be tolerated. Instead, we have allowed others to tell us that we are wrong and that we are to accept anyone, doing anything, at anytime. I am not being defiant. I am not being insensitive. I am being realistic. We will continue to have instances such as we have witnessed if we continue to allow everyone to do anything they please anytime they want. We do have freedoms and liberties, which I am grateful for. However, your rights end where mine begin.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T