Thursday, April 5, 2012

Walking on Eggshells

The dorm that I live in was just egged from all sides.  Only because it's a Christian campus am I truly concerned by this, because it shows a blatant lack of both respect and the capacity to contemplate the outcomes of their actions.  Don't get me wrong, they pulled it off "without a hitch"; I only saw one face as they were bombarding the dorm, more than anyone else appears to have seen.
Their little stunt serves as nothing more than an act of rebellion.  Who will notice?  Who will have to clean it up?  Many have gone home for Easter already, and very few will do little more than scoff.  The people who will notice are the janitorial staff, who already have their hands full cleaning up after people who have no concept of stewardship whatsoever.  Indeed, the only ones who will notice are those whose very job it is to make our lives simpler by cleaning up after us.  If their goal was to somehow harm the people who live in the dorm, then their purpose has failed.
Living on-campus demands its own sense of order and submission to the authority placed above us.  Paul tells believers in Romans 13 "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God."  Only in matters of justice is there even the question of whether the rules placed down by the authorities are right.  How much more should the rules apply to the very acts they were meant to prohibit!
Now, the matter is even greater than just the rulings of authorities.  All students at my school sign a covenant agreeing to certain behaviors, and the lack of certain other behaviors.  This covenant also encourages the stewardship of resources and the Earth (which just happens to include the dorm they eggged).  To put the covenant in context, the main examples of covenants that we have are marriage and God's promises.  Perhaps these men didn't understand what they signed?  Or perhaps they viewed this covenant the way America as a whole seems to view marriage?
I should hold my harsh words.  I don't mean to attack them for their sin being more public than my own, but it's what ended up happening.  Nothing is beyond forgiveness for Christ and those who belong to him.  And while this matter does prove to be less than trivial, no person was damaged except the doers.  Please think on what's happened, and repent of the lawless behavior we all drift to.

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