Thursday, October 30, 2014

Cole's favorite paragraph

One more thing to consider is we know when we do something wrong.  There is such a thing called a conscience and it takes the form of guilt when we do something wrong and the form of self-satisfaction when we do something right.   There is also something inside of us that pushes us to do the right thing.  When you see a person, especially a woman, on the side of the road with a flat tire, our mind comes up with two possible courses of action.  The first is to stop and help the woman put the spare on and drive away safely and the other is to speed right by her and let her struggle herself.  However, whether anyone will admit it or not, there is something much deeper inside every human to stop and help someone else in trouble.  Whether you want to or not is irrelevant, you may be late for a meeting or work, or don’t know how to fix a tire, but the fact of the matter is your conscience will push you to stop and help.  A person will never feel self-satisfaction that he/she drove past someone on the side of the road who was in trouble and ran through a puddle and splashed the person as well.  It will not happen because it is not human nature.  Human nature compels everyone to do what is right.  This is true because the God who created humans is always right, always just, and always loving.  Humans are set apart from animals and plants because we were made in the image of God.  A dog would never feel guilt for leaving a complete stranger on the side of a road (Lewis, 21-27).

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