Matters of Morality Part 2

Incredible isn't it, now that you think about it, how typical we are as humans. God must be seriously disappointed in the amount of times we screw up, how often we turn our backs on him on purpose; especially those of us who say we know him. I know you know him. I've seen you prove it. And yet...out of all the people I hold close to me, who know me and know God, there are an outstanding number who's decisions are so wholly opposite form mine. There are many who find my choices surprising, ridiculous, unrealistic. If my standards of morality are considered unreasonable, then I'd be interested to know what you think of God's standards. You know, the same God you claim to follow. Ideally, shouldn't all the lifestyles of those who call themselves Christ followers, line up to some extent? I know God and I are not always on the exact same page. Therefore I know that I am certainly not without faults or imperfections. However, it is not in these failures that I take pride. And yet...that is exactly what you are doing! Your mistakes and short comings and errors in judgment are your boastful repertoires. Sugar coated as adventures or dares or expected teenage mess-ups. Stories are told and re-told, and the crazy thing is that then, with your permission, these things become part of what identifies you. And for what? So that you can stand out in your idiocy, and in doing so fit in with everyone else? So, excuse me for choosing to boast of different things, or better yet, not boast at all. I'd really like to think my decisions are not world shatteringly uncommon. They're common sense really, if one resigns themselves to that fact that there is right and wrong. And the times that I choose wrong; I would rather not recount those in the company of others. I simply do not feel the need to prove myself imperfect. To what point and purpose would that be? So I ask you not to hold me accountable for the things I have not done and proceed to hold those above my head to no profit. However, I would not resent you in the least for holding me accountable, for there are many reasons to. And if you don't know of those reasons, then there's a reason for that too.