Passion

Conformity. What conatations come to mind at the sight or sound of this word? I would wager that most would be negative, or, at leaste border line at best. It seems I am hearing about confomity from the media lately where actresses are conforming to the mold to get parts in tv shows or movies. I hear stories of kids conforming to gain acceptance in thier circles before they are dumped. This hit home when I found out an 18 year old cousin of mine found out she was pregnant and just out of high school. The place I would like to hear of conformity more is in the church, but even now, it is spoken of more about being cool rather than actually conforming our minds to that of God’s. I am all for creativity and the arts, and even espressing our faith through said creativity and through the abilities God has blesed us with, but it seems that when the Church talks about using abilities, it’s talking about pleasing someone instead of using them to reach the lost and with a right heart. There is nothing wrong with the various art forms and using them for God, but what’s the condition of your heart behind why you’re doing what you’re doing? It is true God will judge the motives of our hearts on why we have done what we have, but I feel we must ask ourselves, why are we doning what we’re doing and why? So many times we are leaving out groups of people while we struggle to reach others. I have also seen where others complain about how we reach others even when we include them. We must change with the times, and I pray we all will realize this. The question we all must ask is, what would God have me do in this instance, then go with it whole heartedly.