Our society has grown callous. Things that were once sad and wrong are now funny and okay. Things that once appalled us now amuse us; and this apathy has spilled over into Christianity. Now I'm not talking about gray-area standards and opinions. I mean things like habits and lifestyles that bring suffering and destruction. Things like drugs, alcohol, immorality.... Things that once brought shock and disgust; then eventually a mere sad shaking of heads; and now they elicit jokes and chuckles.
What happened to us? Somewhere along the line we stopped thinking of that pothead or drunk or homosexual or prostitute or what-have-you as someone's son or daughter. There are parents and friends with aching hearts; who are suffering while watching someone they care about ruin their lives. How can we be so callous as to laugh at these? Are we really that self-absorbed? God instructs us to bear one another's burdens. If you've no compassion for those hurting themselves, at least hurt for those hurting along with them.
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