america
was built by great adventurers, explorers, pioneers, trail blazers,
entrepreneurs, inventors. we conquered a
continent and tamed the west and our country was built on the spirit of
adventure. but it seems to me that today
americans are more interested in security than in adventure. have you noticed we now have warning labels
on everything literally everything – “this could be hazardous to you.” we just aren’t into adventure any more. our culture is losing the spirit of
adventure.
timex
corporation did a study that says that 79% of americans say “there has been no
adventure in my life in the past five years.”
us news and world report said, “most people in this country make it
a point to stay as far away from danger as possible. they get out of the pool in a
thunderstorm. they avoid dark alleys in
the city. they never ever tear the tag
off their mattress lest the mattress police pound on their door. they are terrified by the threat of early
withdrawal penalties. sure we could all
collect stamps and become college professors and live a ‘reasonable’ life but
what’s the point of that? it’s not crazy
to push the limits. it’s crazy not
to.” it’s been said that the spirit of
adventure is the spirit of civilization.
when you remove it from a civilization it starts decaying.
what is
causing our spirit of adventure to decline in america? could be a couple things. for the last thirty years we’ve been asking
our government to remove all the risks in our society making it safer and safer
– safety nets. so there’s very little
risks and there’s maximum boredom.
on top
of that we’re just getting older. a big
percentage of people are in middle age and middle is a time when you stop being
interested in adventure and start being interested in stability.
most of
us live our lives the way we watch tv.
the program isn’t that exciting but we’re just too lazy to get up and
change channels.
that is
not the way GOD meant for you to live.
JESUS said in john 10.10 (ceb), i have
come in order that you might have life – life in all its fullness. GOD says life is meant to be enjoyed not
just endured. you were made for
adventure. believe me, the spirit of
adventure GOD put in your life it may be buried and it may be blocked by hurts
from the past but it’s there if you’re a human being. because GOD made us to do something with our
lives. HE made us to be that way
just a
thought from the front porch…
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