Be Intolerant
Yes, that’s what I said. Be Intolerant. But not only of the things we know are wrong and are convinced we would never do, but of the things that are wrong and we do on a daily basis. Be intolerant of your friends who gossip. Be intolerant of locker-room talk, be intolerant of disrespect. Be intolerant of those who talk after being told not. And make sure you aren’t the one commiting those offenses. I’m reading a book entitled Be Intolerant. And although I go to a Christian school, I have realized how tolerant I am. How little I stand up for what’s right, and how often I am the one gossiping or talking in class. I have often though because I agreed with God on things such as abortion, homosexuality, liberalism, and other such things that I was intolerant, or at least that I wasn’t tolerant. but more and more I am realizing it goes much farther then that. I also have realized that this idea is foreign and not highly acceptable even among my Christian friends. I wonder what would happen if I said to one of the my friends, “hey, stop talking about that.” Wait, I think I know what would happen-they would stare at me as though I was a freak, and probably then ask me what authority I had to tell them that. Or they would throw up some mistake I made, some sin I had committed, or perhaps they wouldn’t say anything, but think that I all of sudden had this prideful, holier-than-thou attitude. Sometimes I look at my own life, and I think, “I call myself a Christian, but so often my actions contradict themselves.” So perhaps will I try standing up for what’s right. Perhaps my friends will realize that I’m not trying to act like I’m some super-holy Christian, because I’m not. I’m just like them, I’m just trying to make it in this world, and looking forward to the next. Heaven is going to be amazing. And earth is our preparation.
