Always Reforming

Recent allegations against Roy Moore have proved to be polarizing in multiple ways.  Besides the expected politicizing of these reports, another issue has come to the forefront of the discussion--marrying young.  Many Christians, even some of his supporters, were taken aback by his candid response to these accusations.  By his own admission, he dated much younger women back in the day .  Far from a confession, however, this admission was designed to extenuate his relationship choices.  He went on to explain that in the good ol' days back in Alabama dating younger girls was not only a normal practice, but it was actually encouraged.  Young girls were encouraged to find older, established men whom they could marry and with whom they could start a family.  Upon hearing his response, many found this concept a bit to high on the creepiness scale, especially given Moore's current age, but is it really that creepy?  It does not appeal to our modern sen...

    It seems to me that many of our problems here in America stem from our inability to move on to the next phase of life.  Adolescence.  Immaturity.  Nostalgia.  Call it what you will, but there is in us this innate apprehension from change.  Sometimes it even masks itself as a love of change, but the fact remains, it can be very difficult to let go of who you used to be.  Sometimes we lose tangible abilities: old people lose their vision and hearing; athletes lose a step, as the saying goes.  Sometimes we long for the personalities and attitudes we had when we were teenagers--we were carefree, funny, and charming (actually we were extremely obnoxious, but no one had the heart to tell us, or we were to self-absorbed to hear them). Sometimes we miss the freedom that we used to have.  We were free to do what we wanted, when we wanted, and with whom we wanted.  We look back through old pictures or old love notes and we miss the excite...