Stay Away From Fire .

Sometimes when you least expect it things come up that teach such extremely important lessons. Tonight upon receiving an email from one of the devotionals I'm signed up for, there was a story about purity in dating. The quoted Bible verse was 1 John 3:3, if you're interested in looking it up.

The story is about a youth group that had a night where they could ask their youth leader questions to provoke discussion revolving around faith, the Bible and everything in between. One kid's question was "how far is too far?" in regards to dating. Without missing a beat, the youth leader promptly answered, "You are asking the wrong question. The right question is how far from trouble's door can I remain?"

Ain't that the truth. We constantly are looking, subconsciously or not, to push the envelope. Justification of things that happen in the grey area can really ruin your life over long periods of time, when it's so much easier to just stay away from those things in the first place. If you find yourself questioning yourself or having to justify the questionable decisions you made, it's time for a change. Instead of seeing how close to the fire you can get before you're burned, try instead to just walk the opposite direction.

never live the same day twice .

It's advice I think that we should all follow. Never, ever, ever live the same day twice. If we do, what's the point? To go back and start repeating things we've done already? This might be an odd analogy, but think of an amusement park. You start off, and there are a ton of rides. At first, it's sick, there are SO many things to go on. But then you get to know the park, and you realize you've been on most of the rides. It doesn't peak your interest like it did before. And then you're waiting in lines for hours on end for things you've already done, already experienced. Eventually, there's no longer an more incentive to even go to the park at all anymore.