Why sin?

The title says it all. Why sin?

I've noticed today that a lot of medias are promoting sex, whether it's a commercial, movie, song or tv show or any other single form of multimedia.Why? Why must every artist include sexual content in order or sell or make the next big hit? Is our generation that shallow?

Is all what grabs our attention is such an absurd thing? What do we even get out of it? How does it even enhance our lives instead of planting evil in our mind?

Say you've logged in to youtube in order to search for videos related to a certain material you're studying, to find yourself after a while drifting to the bad side of youtube and I'm going to say it, "Porn". And say you've watched one or two maybe ten if not more, and you've done and thought every little dirty detail, but in the end when it's over, take a moment and ask yourself, what now? What did i benefit from doing that?
Sure, you've earned yourself a minute of bodily pleasure, but in one hour or two you'll forget all about it and the next day you'll do the same thing and the next and the next...

But in the end, did it help you? Did it give you something you wanted? Did it answer your questions? Did you feel better or not depressed anymore? Did it solve your problems or gave you the key to solve them? Did it offer you anything instead of a mere minute of unholy pleasure then tossed you all over again to face the world? feeling, guilty maybe? Or empty? Nothing to do anymore?

Why is a girl wearing a tight bikini more beautiful than a picture of a great landscape or fountains? Why is it more beautiful than spending those minutes doing something productive such as saying a couple of prayers and asking for God's alliance?

Have you realized what I'm trying to point out, yet?

Where did the great songs with an inspiring music videos go? Or movies that supported strong, touching causes go? Or tv shows that worked on the plot more than getting people naked on some scenes go?

Why can't our generation open its eyes and realize that, what is called "growing up and catching up with today" is against God's will and that in the end, it does not offer anything positive.

You're just using the wrong fillings and when your time is up the guilt will hit you harder than a brick and you'll fall and keep falling with nothing to hold on to.

So, stop. Take a moment to understand what I've just said and try to work on it. Try to be the next big thing that will help the world realize what they're calling "cool" is wrong. Let them know that being an artist focuses on pure, beautiful gifts and skills given from someone who is greater in order to give what is positive and better for heart.

Would you be more proud if you made a sexual video or drew a beautiful rose?

why am I starting this blog?

I know there are hundreds, maybe thousands of blogs talking about God, but I've decided to make this blog a little bit different!

I've decided to make this blog in order to reach out to every teenager out there and tell them that yes, God is there and he's always listening.

I'm a sixteen year old who's been through a lot and I know what it's like to feel abandoned, depressed, made fun of and hopeless. I've gone through all those feelings that most teenagers struggle with. And every time I felt smaller and weaker. It's like every time something bad happened there wasn't going to be anything to mend my broken parts. Like I was hopeless and that was it for me, but that never lasted. Because every single time I got really down, God stretched out his hand for me, even in the tiniest bits of details that we, humans, cannot feel or see. I want every single other teenager to realize what I've realized, to understand the will of God and his mercy. To know that he's never left you no matter what you've done. I want you, who's taking their time reading this, to know that you can depend on God and not fear any consequences. I want you to understand that the good in life and the bad is a gift. A gift to feel the existence of God and his will. Because no matter what God gives you, it's always for your own good. You might not see it that way at the beginning, but as time goes by, you'll see it crystal clear. 

Because in the end, it's all about patience.

And I specifically want to direct this blog to teenagers, because I can understand you perfectly. No matter what you're going through, I can always help. But know that God is the one giving me such an ability to do so.

It's a funny story really, how the idea of this blog came to my mind. I was having such a stressful day and I cried more than three times so I decided to take a shower. And during that shower I had a huge headache and I started fretting out about my exam tomorrow and I needed something to calm me down. I knew medication or talking to someone wouldn't really do it so I did the first thing I hoped would relieve me. I drew the cross sign and asked God to help me. And that's when the idea of this blog flashed suddenly in my head and I knew that might be something God wants me to do and if it is really his will then it'll somehow work out.

I'm actually an Arab and I live in Jordan, a place where probably most of you guys would recognize because it's close to Syria, Iraq and Palestine where a war is going on. It's a hard time we're living in right now. We're always afraid where the next hit is going to be, as most of you know a lot of Christians have been targeted and killed or immigrated. In all honesty, I'm afraid. I'm afraid one day those bad people will enter Jordan and take down everything, but at the same time I believe in God's will. I've put my hope in God and his justice and I truly believe that he wouldn't let anything happen if it wasn't eventually for a reason and that kind of wears away my fear.

I won't drag this any longer. The thing I want to point out is that I'm going to do  my best to show you that you can truly depend on God through what I face daily. I'll hopefully be able to help every single one of you and work out problems that we, as teenagers, suffer mostly or rarely. 

I really hope you stick around and come back for this blog once a day/week/month or whenever you want and I hope you find the answer to what you were looking for.

May God be with you all, and never stop believing. ♥