"Convictions" is ABSOLUTELY THE WRONG WORD. / Personal standards ought be called "Options", like air-conditioning or power locks in new-car-purchase catalogues. / They should be ways Christians find they GET TO "love God better" thus ENJOY LIFE MORE!
IF wearing skirts for women or having short hair for men ALLOWS the individual to proclaim, / "MY GOD IS WORTH MY TREATING HIM THIS SPECIAL-- / EVEN IF THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS I'M DORKY FOR DOING IT! / THEY WILL JUST HAVE TO FORGIVE ME!" methinks that "option's" okay.
IF listening to non-beat music is motivated by the feeling: / "I WANT TO PRAISE GOD WITH ALL OF MY HEART- /-AND I WANT TO STAY FREE FROM EMOTIONS THAT WOULD WEAKEN IT / I WANT TO STAY AS FAR AWAY AS I CAN FROM WORLDLY EXPRESSIONS OF COUNTERFEIT PLEASURE THAT MIGHT CHEAPEN IT IN ANY WAY!" / then that "option's" okay too, methinks.
BUT when they become MEASURING LINES for / "right/wrong" living, "spirituality", or factions...uck!
