Seize the Moment

I recently finished reading a book and on the last page came upon a passage that got me thinking.  The passage is from James Patterson's "Witch and Wizard" and reads as such:
 "So, how are you doing--wherever you are? Listen, please: seize the moment, however worried you may be about what's coming next. It's your brain, it's your life, it's your attitude....Go out there and fill up with sights, sounds, and ideas that are bigger than yourself.  We all know from history--to say nothing of this current reality--what can happen if we stay quiet and just do what's put in front of us."

When I read this passage, I got a sense that the Holy Spirit was drawing my attention to it.  Urging me to read it for more than words written into a book.  You see, there are a lot of terrible things going on in this world right now.  So many ideas and actions are being forced upon us as "normal" and "acceptable" and even, dare I say it, "appropriate."  Ideas including, but certainly not limited to, the LGBT agenda, abortion, and sexual abuse by those who are to be the ones shepherding us in the Church.  What much of the world wants us, God's people, to do is stay silent and be tolerant, because when that happens, evil wins.

They don't want us sitting outside of Planned Parenthood clinics offering information or prayers to those seeking to end a child's life.  "It's the woman's body and the has the prerogative to do with it what she wants!" they scream.  Never mind that in her womb one of the most miraculous occurrences is taking place...Until she decides that this isn't part of her plan, and thanks to Roe v. Wade, has the choice to "take care of the problem."

The world wants us to join in the chant "Love is love!!!" regardless that the Bible teaches that that kind of love is to be between a man and a woman.  And now, in this thoroughly messed up world we live in, Storytime with a Drag Queen is becoming more and more commonplace, and our library shelves are overflowing with books such as "Heather Has Two Mommies" and "A Tale of Two Daddies" and "The Boy Who Cried Fabulous."  Yes, we are all sinners, but when did it become okay to try and teach children that homosexuality is not a sin, and in fact is NORMAL!?  Matthew 18:6 says, "But whoever causes one of the little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea."

You see, when I read the passage in Patterson's novel, I saw those words printed on the paper, but my heart heard something more like, "Do something about these things that you KNOW are wrong!  Don't be afraid of what others are going to think and say, because if you're doing the right thing for the right reasons, that's all that matters.  If you do nothing, then you're condoning that which you so thoroughly abhor."  In other words, pray for those women who are contemplating abortion. Pray that their eyes might be opened, and their hearts softened.  Let your voice be heard on Capital Hill in the March for Life and in the elections when you have the opportunity to vote to elect a Pro Life candidate.  Also, teach your children that although God calls us to love everyone, he also calls us to judge them if we know that they are doing something that could keep them from salvation.  Love those in the LGBT community by informing and educating them that the lifestyle they are living is wrong and hazardous to their eternity.  If you really care about another you will talk with them about these things, hard though it may be, because that's what you do when you love someone. Please don't take all this to mean that I think I am perfect, because I am far from it.  These are just two examples that I feel passionately about!