"Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord."Neither could they blush.
I have a question. (an honest wondering, not a rhetorical one.)
When I was little there were lots of words we wouldn’t even whisper. No, not the expletives. I’m talking about words with legitimate use in the english language, but which in our young minds fell well below the standard for polite company… So we’d be rattling along in a sentence, and suddenly stop short, and be like “You know… THAT.” [insert deeply loaded knowing look here.] And sagacious little playmate would stop to stroke his smooth chin, widen eyes a bit at even the implication of THAT, shake his head slowly as if to say “Be real careful there, partner!", and…
The sentence would finish strong. Right around said placeholder. No further articulation necessary.
Hey, it worked, didn’t it?
Don’t tell me we were the only ones…
My question is, what happened to that?
What happened to cheeks that would suddenly flame crimson at the hearing of a “naughty" word? Or boys who thrice filtered even innocent children’s talk when around “a lady.” Or, girls that would blush when uncovered? Or that held a graceful line carved in stone that said thus far and no further?
Or was that all just old-fashioned?
Has this generation, obsessed with being “comfortable in our own skin” gained a "higher level of self-awareness,” and self-confidence, but lost something deeper?
Yeah its deeper looking at it from that angle... That question takes me deep in thought indeed 'morality'.Thanks.
ReplyDeleteFor our self-awarenes we have too often forgone our Christ-awareness. And yes, we have lost something deeper and precious. And oh, I miss the purity, the innocence. May we, may I, turn back to the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein.
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