My generation is screaming for authenticity.
So far the conversations at work have expressed contempt for:
1. people who like bands just because they're popular
2. people who have personalized license plates
3. people who wear thrift store clothing to look cool
4. people who wear name-brand clothing to look cool
5. people who voted for Bush (I am the lone Republican, but I don't usually make that known).
6. people who (fill in the blank)
Basically anyone who doesn't behave or think exactly like them, and people that do behave and think exactly like them for the wrong reason (to look cool).
And yet beneath all this, there is a desperate plea for standards that transcend their own opinions. They want a higher moral standard; they want some justification for condemning those people that they don't like. But they have only standards they've created for themselves--vague assertions that you should do things because you want to and not because you're supposed to.
Oh to be authentic and truth-filled enough to overcome their barriers.
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Interesting thoughts, Amy, worth pursuing.
I should get out from under the paper load for a day or two soon and be able to respond to your story. I haven't forgotten, really! It's just research paper time . . . :(
It was so great seeing you and Eddie.
Blessings,
Beth
Yeah, it just dawned on me that there are only two (three?) weeks left of school for y'all. I keep thinking "month-and-a-half to the wedding" that I forget its almost May.
I had a nightmare the other night in which you responded to my story and the only good thing you could find to say was "Don't give up, maybe you'll do better next time." I'm in an agony of suspense, as you can see. But no hurry--those freshmen are probably in as much agony over their research papers!
Take care,
--Amy
Lately I've seen a lot of the kind of attitude you've been talking about and have been pondering how to be the best example possible in the face of it... What can we do, other than hold on to Christ and HIS standards as tightly as we can and shun hypocrisy in our own actions and ideas? Thanks for your challenging thoughts.
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