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At EFY, our session director told us to picture this, "You are standing on a beach and there is someone in the water drowning. You do not have the training or equipment of a lifeguard. Do you go in after that person?" Of course everyone murmured a distinct, "No." Then he said, "Then why would you date them?" Wow. I don't think he could have been more insulting in a pleasant way if he had tried. Have we not been properly trained? Do we not carry the right equipment? No offense to our session director, but I have to disagree with him on this matter. If we don't save drowning people, then who will? That's why we've been called to put on the Armor of God. We must prepare ourselves so that when we need to save someone that is spiritually drowning, we will be able to stay afloat. I see where he was coming from in the fact that there are several people who are unrealistic in their hopes to "change" someone. You can't make someone change, you can only show them how to stay afloat and hope that they catch on. Love the person you know they can become and hopefully they will change into that person. Hate the sin, not the sinner.
Love.
Love.