Fifty Shades of Deceit

My heart has been troubled lately. Ask my best friend, Brittany Tackett, I have just been troubled. Facebook has really been bogging me down with the signs of the times. Deceit. My friends, you've been deceieved. Let me let you in on a secret, we are in the last days. People that I never thought would leave Christ, have left Him like a hot tomali (yes, I just said that). Friends that I thought were firm in the faith are partying and sleeping around. Oh, how it troubles my soul. I've paced my room in complete agony over the deceit that is winning souls our youth. People that I have wept in the altar with are now drinking, having babies out of wedlock, and LORD knows what else. Fifty shades of deceit. This blog post started forming in my mind when I saw a post about a friend reading the book Fifty Shades of Grey. A friend that I would have believed to be a believer. Now, I am casting no judgment on this person's soul. What I'm sayin is that it starts with a book. It starts with a show. It starts with a song. It starts with a kiss. It even starts with a sip. Shew, my heart is so troubled right now. Okay, I'm trying to get through this. We all make mistakes. I do every single day. I hate it. I hate messing up! Christ forgives. BUT. When we choose to abuse His forgiveness, when we choose to walk in sin, we have lost the message. Fifty shades of deceit. The truth is deceit is everywhere. Deceit does not come to you looking horrific. It comes in beautiful packages with hope and promises. It comes offering happiness and healing. It comes offering forgetfulness. Yet, all it offers is emptiness. I'm preaching to the choir. For you, it may be one thing. For me, its food. Food offers something to me that you may not get. It tells me things. I know I sound schizophrenic right now, but it tells me that I can be happy. But you know what I'm always deceived. Fifty shades of deceit. Deceit will package itself so that you will unwrap it. Deceit is shiny, its sparkly, its glittery, but it is always empty. DO YOU HEAR ME? IT IS ALWAYS EMPTY. I'm begging you to lay down deceit. Deceit is a game. I had a dream one night and the LORD told me to quit playing games with Him. Do you know the next day my pastor said quit playing games with God? Do you know that God wants to speak to you? But first you have to quit being deceived. When you're deceived, you will not know up from down, right from left, dark from light. Fifty shades of deceit. Deceit is like when you jump in the pool. Have you ever jumped off a diving board and once you're under the water, you're not sure which way is out of the water and which is further in? That is deceit. Deceit brings confusion. Deceit brings emptiness. Deceit brings depression. Deceit brings unhappiness. Deceit brings loss. Deceit brings heartache. Fifty shades of deceit. One shade of hope. Christ. Peace & Blessings.