New Interview with Kirk Franklin: ”We’ve Lost our Moral Compass.”

http://elev8.com/elev8-original/orethawinston/kirk-franklinweve-lost-our-moral-compass/

This is an article that I read because it is a topic that I think about constantly these days. I see so many problems in this world because of our losing our moral compass. I listened to Kirk Franklin in this interview and I had a few problems with some of what he said and even more so with the way he was saying it in some instances.

So many celebrities try hard to not offend anyone. Although I have seen a lot of the Christian pastors so judgmental and screaming at and berating folks who don’t fall in line with either the pastor’s line of thinking or the Bible ( and I am stating these as two separate items because a lot of times the pastor is not in line with the Bible ) . What happens is that the people that we as Christians need to reach the most get alienated or turned off because they are or feel like they are being attacked and they don’t see or feel that they are “All that bad” in the first place. We Christians are SO judgmental!

Christianity has gotten a bad wrap and especially in the media over the last couple of decades and it is mainly because of Christians and NOT THE BIBLE!

The Bible may be hard to digest for us humans, but it is the main connection we have to God outside of our own spiritual, personal relationship with Him. And if you are not a Christian, you don’t have a personal relationship with God. If you do have a personal relationship with him, then you are a Christian. ( Sorry to drop that bomb on some of you,but if you are spiritually talking to someone and relating to someone that you believe to be God and don’t consider yourself a Christian then you are either mal de la cabeza or talking to someone else )

Anyway, back to this interview with Kirk Franklin…. He makes some great points and I like how he spoke about and tied in the past generations and the battles we fought ( jim crow, etc. ) But I always have a problem with referring to a group as “Generation X” or some other type of “hip” term.

Sort of like I really, really hate when Christians ( and I do this all the time also ) use the word “Awesome”. Just the thought is making me queasy right now.

Trying to “relate” is like parents trying to be friends with their kids. Sorry, but I take a hardline when it comes to this type of thing. If your kids are mad at you because they couldn’t do something that they felt they were entitled to, then you are probably doing a good job as a parent. Trust me, when they get out into the world and deal with realities of life they will thank you!

Now there are some who are going to try to argue and point out things, items, issues that I am clearly not talking about here. We all know the difference between being a good, loving parent who makes hard decisions for the benefit of their child. But denying your child things or mentally or physically hurting your child by denying them things and trying to pass it off as good parenting is not what I am talking about.

But telling your child “no” when they just want something that they don’t deserve or have not earned is the right thing to do. They need to understand that they need to work for what they get in the real world. When a child leaves their parent’s house and get a job, it will be a rude awakening when they get to a job and they find out that they actually have to work for what they get and that they can’t just do what they are told when they feel like it.

Kirk Franklin also made great comments about the generation not appreciating what they have or get.

And the part about Mothers going to the club with their daughters and letting the boyfriend spend the night because he has a good job and helps with the bills. It all is immoral and adds to the problems on a widespread level. No moral consequences.

He talks about how we have more, but seem to have less in the spiritual sense. We used to have each other when we had the struggles. But now we are so free that we have forgotten about who and what got us here. We take all of this for granted and start to feel that we are responsible for our own success, freedom and positions in life. Although to a point we are, but the opportunities that have been presented to us to allow for all of these things came from others before us who were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for others.

I was a little confused ( or i just don’t agree with ) him saying that we have lost our Moral compass on who God is and what God is. They seem to be two separate parts of the same problematic end results. Kids having kids and then wanting to get those kids out of the house and get back to the single life. They are not willing to sacrifice for anyone else let alone their own seed.

These are some serious topics and we have started to get away from the basics of life that made us understand the consequences of being self-involved, self-focused, narcissistic and not caring about anyone else.

Yeah this is more to think about and talk about. I know, but don’t let it slip away folks.