Chivalry

What happened to chivalry? Why don't guys open car doors for women anymore? It seemed like it happened not that long ago. 2 generations, chivalry was the normal. Talking to old friends helped me realize this. Men used to be chivalrous. We would be the gentlemen and we would be respectable. We would open doors and pay for a date. It seems as if those days are gone. Maybe that is what is happening with marriages today. Men are not being chivalrous and are not treating women the way they should be treated. Part of me is saddened when I see what has happened to our generation. But the other part of me wants to make a change. Just because my generation doesn't open doors doesn't mean I don't have to. Maybe if I change, others will change if I do too. I can only hope that I can make the older generations that know what chivalry looks like proud and treat women respectfully and the way they should be treated.

Party for the Lord

Today is a good day. I don't know what it is but today just seems like a good day. It feels like the spirit of God has jumped in me and started a party in my soul. I can't seem to be anything but happy and joyful. Any clouds of doubt or trouble or temptation seem to have gone away. None of it matters. The only thing that matters is the love and care of the Lord God that gives us all the time. It never stops. I also feel the need to spread this joy anywhere I can like that it is a burning fire. A fire burning my whole body with joy and a need to party for God. I can only hope that it doesn't go out. And it shouldn't.

Everyday is special and unique because that is the way that God made it. We need to be joyful all the time. Our lives should be a constant party celebrating the God that gave us this life to live and the fact that he take our burdens. Psalm 32:11 says "Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!" And that is what we should do. We should jump and sing to his glorious name. Even in suffering we need to party. As hard as that may be, it can never go wrong to sing the Lords name. "Not only so, but we also rejoice in our suffering, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." Romans 5:3-4. Everyone needs to do it. And people may do it differently, but it still needs to be done.

We need to party, dance, and sing loudly in the name of Jesus!!