I've been thinking about what the worlds fascination with those things are so much since I started uni. Growing up in a nice middle class family, in a posh little town in West Sussex meant I didn't see it quite as much as some people. I saw it, obviously, and I knew it was there. But when I came to Uni, WHAM. Hits you right in the face. People going out most nights, drinking so much they can't remember a thing.
"I was so drunk last night!"
"Did you Pull that guy?"
"When are we next out? I am going to get wasted!"
That's how the conversations go. Before I get right in to this, I should probably say, this isn't pointing the finger, having a go at anyone in particular, it's something that is going on in the world, and I want to try to understand why. I get sucked in to it myself sometimes, it's easy to do when you are surrounded by it.
To me it seems like people are just looking for some kind of high, a little moment of pleasure. That's what they give you. With alcohol, you are on a high for a couple of hours, but then low, feeling crap for a day, slowly tearing your body apart. Yet people cling on to the two hour high.
What if there is something that could give you a constant high? Not just a constant high, but a high that is better than any drug could give you? An eternity of pleasure? A love like no human could give you?
Guess what...
There is!
The love that Jesus gives you. It's all you need. I forget it sometimes, but it is so true. When I come back to that I feel a trillion times better than I could ever feel with a few drinks in me!
2 Thessalonians 2 v16-17 says "Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you."
Spread the word.
Love :-)
No comments:
Post a Comment