A Top 1 List for Life

Can't we all just calm down a little? It seems to me every new day brings a new blog, written by someone with a new Top 10 list of offensive things people should never say or do. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of things people should not say or do to one another, but these blogs are usually made up of "offenses" that are really just a part of everyday life. It's like people stand around hoping to be offended so they can write about it.

Below are just a few examples of what i have seen in the last few days...

* Top 10 Things Not to Say to an Expectant Mother
* Top 10 Things You are Saying to Your Child that will Ruin Their Lives
* Top 10 Things You Shouldn't Say to a Family With Three Children
* Top 10 Things a Woman Should Never Say to a Man
* Top 10 Things a Man Should Never Say to a Woman
* etc, etc, etc...

I could fill up the rest of this blog with Top 10 lists, but I think you get my point. Whenever I see these blogs there is one simple Scripture that always pops in my head.

Proverbs 19:11
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

We live in a society that is offended by everything. It has become a calling card for our nation! But I believe Christians need to step back and ask themselves if they should be taken in by this "offended" culture. Think about it, if God calls us to love each other how can we do that if we are always upset at what someone said, wrote, or posted as a status update?

Believers in Jesus Christ are given one mission...ONE...to share the love of Jesus with a lost and dying world. We should let nothing stand in the way of that love. As a result, there is only a need for a "Top 1" list, and here it is:

1. Let It Go

Josh