I Wanted to Share.......deep thoughts on committment

Something has been bugging me and i wanted to let you all in on it. It is this- the myth of permenant adolesence. When pursuing my RN degree, by counselors, peers, and acquaintances, I am constantly told that I am too young to see pain. Too young to work. Too young to deal with responsibility. This generation is cultivating the ideas of permenant childhood. The idea that until you are thirty-ish, you should not have to think about careers, work, supporting yourself, settling down, or serious relationships- only brief, satisfying flings. You shouldn't have to be responsible.

It seems as though everytime I hear of a 20-26 year old getting married, somebody always objects, pronouncing them to young to get married. Because marriage requires commitment. Commitment that our generation usually doesn't posess or practice. Internet pornography is SO readily available that our generation doesn't even want to commit to ONE partner. Committing to one partner means giving up all of the at hand girls on screen. The ones always readily available for temporary pleasure. So when someone wants get get married at 21, after being in the relationship faithfully and making it work, compromising, it it so bizzare that people react harshly.

The idea that 'you're only a teen once' or 'your only in college once' is one that i am sick of. Yeah, you ARE only in college once. That doesn't mean it is the time to get drunk, rip your clothes off, and 'live' a little. People have varied idea of what 'integrity' means. Look it up in the dictionary and you'll find out what i found out roughly two years ago. Integrity is a oneness. A life of integrity is a life that is consistent. Hopefully, I am the same Person now at this college that I will be in California as well as in Michigan. Hopefully, I can get married an He WILL know that I am the same. Always. Hopefully, I wont be looking at my self 5 years from now looking at wild days. I pray that I can look back on it as a time that I pursued God WHOLEHEARTEDLY, Shared Christ with a PASSION, loved STRONGLY.

NOW is the time we should practice commitment. Not necessarily in a relationship, but definitely in our family, friends, school, and VOLUNTEER! When we have extra time, why in the heck are we playing video games, surfing, and wasting our lives. Jesus said what we did to the least of his people, we did unto HIM. So go volunteer at a soup kitchen, shelter, pregnancy counseling center, anything. Anything for HIS glory (finally I'm figuring out what that phrase means! Those of you closest to me know that I have been hounding you for the answer!) We are the body of Christ. Lets move already and commit ourselves!