The RIGHT stuff…Politically InCorrect

Alright, Here is a picture of Jonathan.

He’s also 8lbs 10oz not 4oz. He’s still being monitored but seems to be doing alright.
Thanks to all of you who prayed.

The baby is born. A boy, 8.4 and 19 inches long. His name is Jonathan Chay, and he’s the second boy in my family of 7 (kids).  Please pray for my mom and his health and safety and recovery. Thanks!

Hey Everyone,

My mom is currently about ready to give birth. Prayers for peace, strength and safety would be appreciated immensely.

Thanks!

(Also, a major thank you to Alex King. You’ve helped me way more than you know and I appreciate it a ton! To everyone else who’s been praying for my family - Thank you SO much, it means a lot to us!)

A few years ago, Genarlow Wilson was given a 10 year jail sentence for being intimate with his girlfriend two years younger. Now the case has been brought back to the forefront. In the usual Georgian style, things have gone on in this case that make absolutely no sense at all.

Things like why the mother of the 15 year old and the 15 year old were contacted by the state and told to testify in a certain way or have the 15 year old thrown in jail with the 17 year old.
Or how come the state decided to prosecute this one set of teens and not go after all the other minors doing the same thing?
Who had the idea that two consenting teens is equivalent to child molestation?

Most importantly, why are people surprised by this?

If we’re sending off our kids to a school system that teaches them about and how to have intercourse with others, why are we surprised when they try it?

We shouldn’t be. Premarital sex is wrong and it has huge disadvantages after the fact, but we do have to take responsibility. If we aren’t giving our kids a good foundation and taking time to explain why they shouldn’t have relations before they’re married, we shouldn’t expect them to hold that conviction. Especially when the majority of their friends are doing the same thing.

At the same time, it isn’t the government’s role to intervene when it comes to two consenting minors. This is a classic example of the state usurping the parent’s role. The reason is simple, we’ve let the government control too much of our lives and we have grown lazy. If we don’t want the state to keep intervening than we need to stand up and take our responsibilities back.

Most of the people following the case, and even myself have seen this as an obstruction of justice. However, this really boils down to a consequence of avoiding the most important responsibility adults have - to train their children in the way they should go.

The last two weeks have been amazing. Teenpact National Convention was challenging and encouraging. God used that week to show me some things I need to work on and why. One of my faults is understanding concepts mentally, but not connecting them to my heart and following through with that. When it comes to Apathy, while I see it as the enemy I often find myself slipping into it with my relationships.

I feel like Paul when he said “I do the things I don’t want to do, and don’t do the things that I want to do.” It all relates to where our focus is. One of the speakers stated that sometimes you can be so involved in something “good” that you lose your focus on God. As a result, everything starts going downhill.

Over the last few months I’ve come to realize the validity of that statement. Once you take your eyes off God or have a skewed interpretation of who He is the result will be in everything else going wrong. While I knew that mentally, up until I’d experienced it there wasn’t a connection between my intellect and my heart.

Last week I started making that connection and the consequences are making perfect sense now. Thank God for His mercy and forgiveness.

Am I at the point of no improvement?
What of the death I still dwell in?
I try to excel, but I feel no movement.
Can I be free of this unreleasable sin?

Never underestimate my Jesus.
You’re telling me that there’s no hope.
I’m telling you your wrong.

Never underestimate my Jesus
When the world around you crumbles
He will be strong, He will be strong

I throw up my hands
“Oh, the impossibilities”
Frustrated and tired
Where do I go from here?
Now I’m searching for the confidence I’ve lost so willingly
Overcoming these obstacles is overcoming my fear

Never underestimate my Jesus.
You’re telling me that there’s no hope.
I’m telling you your wrong.

Never underestimate my Jesus
When the world around you crumbles
He will be strong, He will be strong

I think I can’t, I think I can’t
But I think you can, I think you can
I think I can’t, I think I can’t
But I think you can, I think you can
Gather my insufficiencies and
place them in your hands, place them in your hands, place them in your hands

For The Moments I Feel Faint - Relient K