When is it not ok to preach about sin?

I began to ponder this today, when is it not ok to preach about a sin? If the sin is prevalent in the church you attend, then is it not ok to talk about it? What if there were two people in the church that had this issue and everyone knew it, then you can't preach about it? Maybe, there are five or six people that commit this sin and it's obvious to everyone, then you shouldn't talk about it right? I guess I seem a little confused here. It seems as though people start to get their feelings hurt when the preacher hits on "their" sin. I hear so often that people are wanting the pastor to preach from the Bible or use more scripture, however I have noticed that only applies, well when it doesn't apply to them.

Most people can get behind the preacher when he waxes eloquent on sin in general. You might hear a lot of Amen and see a few nods. I have noticed it get's uncomfortably quiet when he begins to name them and they aren't the "biggies". Pride, amen! Adultery, amen! Gluttony......**crickets**. Well actually y'all that is one of the biggies, it's one of the seven. Oh, but that's the one that everyone can see, you can't actually hide it. Too much of anything over and over shows. Food, clothes, toys, it's hard to hide it all. Self-control is a fruit of the spirit, in case you were wondering. Your body really is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Slow suicide, it still murder of self.

Someone told me recently that some people had left a church because the pastor offended them when he spoke about eating right and treating their body like a temple of the Lord, etc... Were they embarrassed? Probably. Offended, maybe. More likely, convicted, and they didn't like it. I have squirmed myself a time or two when these things were spoken about, but I know it was because I was under conviction.

Yes, I guess I am confused a bit. I suppose when 1/3 of adult Americans actively engage in a sin then it is no longer OK to preach against it. (that's the rate of obesity in America) Of course, the estimated rate of infidelity in the U.S is around %30, so maybe we shouldn't mention that in the pulpit either? Apparently the real issue is that gluttony/obesity is all too obvious and difficult to hide. Should we mention it when it's obvious to everyone within eye sight that we struggle with this sin? Yes, we should. For the very reason that 1/3 of adults are slowly dying of their sin. Obesity kills. How can we ignore it?

What's Not to Love?

I have been dying for someone to ask me this question! They never do. I guess it's just so much more interesting to hear what people do love. When I tell the man, "I love you", he never says, "what's not to love?" I guess he's humble that way. Of course the list would be very short, non-existent really, but he never asks. There have been many times in my life I was just itching for a particular person to ask me this question, about them, the situation, the idea, but they never did. So I am going to use my blog to tell everyone the things I am super really not all about. I don't love it!

Things I Don't Love!

1. Smelly teen-age boy stinkers at concerts that are sitting in front of me!

2. Body sprays all mixed up by little girls and they call it "personal perfume". (something like rotted flowers, sweet and putrid)

3.  Sweaty little boy hair.

4. Sweaty little dog hair.

5. Morning breath!

6. Insurance premiums that go up every year for no reason!

7. Cable bills. 70.00 for cartoons and AI?

8. IPhone bills!! I really dont need FB on my phone....

9. Neighbors who ask nosey questions about your family......

10. Teenage boys who touch their girl friends on their body where her momma hasn't seen since she was in DIAPERS! (and at church no less)

11. ABC gum! blech!

12. Muffin-top jeans and muffin top shirts!

13. Dry, nasty, split end hair. (on my head, you have to live with your own mop issues)

14. I don't love list that are longer than I love lists......

Look at the time! Off I go to get the cute, sweaty little boy from preschool! Would love to see your "What's Not to Love" lists!

It's Been Awhile

Having been inspired by my friend, http://www.azhyattfamily.blogspot.com, to write again, I realized it has been almost a year since my last blog. I also realized not much has changed in a year. Is this a bad thing or just a season in my life? The kids have grown and changed, my husband has grown and changed, all for the good. Myself, well, I have just grown, by a whopping 8lbs! Not so good. I want to think I have grown spiritually, but doesn't really feel that way. A season or just lack of discipline? 


A year ago, I was de-cluttering the house and giving things away. I can't say that I replaced all of it and I have actually gotten rid of even more since then, but it is definitely creeping in again. Maybe it should be a quarterly thing? It's not just the physical junk, it is spiritual and mental too. Why do I feel pressured to sign these kids up for random silliness? Why do I take on projects and distractions? Does this make me feel more needed or more successful as a person? I know if I declutter the house it will give me a pat on the back and I will be able to once again ignore the real area that needs decluttering, my spirit. Of course then I would use that as a reason not to declutter the house. Oh how we excuse and rationalize! Would someone please infuse discipline into me? I can do it for school and for my kids, why can't I seem to get this right for me?


I am fairly sure it was I who wrote that a disciplined life leads to peace and gentleness and yet I cannot take my own insight and apply it to my life. I seem to be full of "wisdom" and flat out psycho babble for everyone else, but completely inept to change myself. Discipline. Maybe if we called it by another word that has less harsh connotations? Perhaps conduct, control, cultivation, curb, development, domestication, drill, drilling, education, exercise, inculcation, indoctrination, limitation, method, orderliness, practice, preparation, regulation, restraint, self-command, self-control, self-government, self-mastery, self-restraint, strictness, subordination, will or willpower? Nope all of these words are so demanding. I did find it ironic that domestication came in as a synonym for discipline. That would "preach"! 

I suppose this was supposed to be an update on my life. Maybe if I would be disciplined in blogging, my simple guilt for not entertaining you all would lead me to making some other changes as well. There is some food for thought!

I promise the next post will be witty, yea even funny!