I am furious today.

Before you read this post, you need to read this quick article on how the red-light district (prostitution) is suffering because of the economy.

Women Getting Screwed

Now I’m going to rant.

Metje Blaak, the sex workers’ representative group, and every woman and man in that business has been duped.  They’ve bought the lie- hook, line, and 500 pound sinker.

“Previously, the women were in charge, now it is the men who call the shots.”

That is complete BS.

482 windows. Rented for $150 Euros per day each. Over $40 million go to pimps each year, PLUS their cut of the profits. If the girls don’t produce, they still have to pay. How do they do this?  The women have to sell their bodies to multiple men every day.

HOW THE HELL ARE WOMEN IN CHARGE???

Girls- women- sisters- friends…DO NOT buy the lie and the myth that this world is here for you.  That guys will always be nice and kind and loving and just.  Human nature is evil to its core.  The majority of men will eventually hurt you.

This goes wayyyyy beyond prostitution. This is the same for dating.  The way the world tells you to dress. Fooling around at parties.  How people expect you to flaunt it.  Or perk up.  Sleeping with that long-term boyfriend.  Even letting that cute guy flirt with you.

Don’t get suckered. Don’t believe the lie. Don’t buy into the world’s crap. Don’t believe men’s empty promises.

GIVE NOTHING AWAY FOR FREE.  GIVE NOTHING AWAY FOR PAY.

Give it all to the one man who God created for you, who marries you, who’ll be committed to YOU and only you, for life, forever.

When this happens- women won’t be in charge, and men shouldn’t call the shots either.

We’ll all look to Jesus to know and do his will.

Jay

Don’t you wish guilt felt alot more like this, and alot less like this…

Something that I have learned in the last couple years is that guilt is a good thing.  To clarify, I’m not talking about false guilt.  False guilt, like a girl feeling guilty for being raped or a child blaming themselves for their parents’ divorce, can be crippling.  To further clarify, I am not talking about long-term guilt that is the result of unconfessed sin.  This can also be crippling.  As Mark Batterson says, “whether you are experiencing true guilt that is the by-product of unconfessed sin or false guilt that is the by-product of confessed sin, both forms of guilt dull your spiritual sense of adventure.”

But guilt was intended to serve a healthy purpose.

God uses guilt as a  tool to bring us to Him.  This could also be called “conviction.”  I’m sure we have all experienced the sickening feeling that often comes after going against God’s word or will.  Something in us just doesn’t feel right. We have a hard time praying and looking people in the eye.

This feeling was meant to be temporary. God does not want us to wallow in our guilt, but to draw close to Him, ask for forgiveness, and be healed.  Jesus died on the Cross, and that is where the road ends for our guilt.

Are you choosing to live in guilt because of un-confessed sin?  Or are you carrying around false guilt?  Bring both to the Cross and leave them there.  Then you can really start living.

Michelle