Today on dA, I've been looking for stamps that express me to put in my journal because I just really love them

. I was looking for a stamp of one of my favorite bands, Hillsong United, but couldn't find even one. Now if you don't know about them, they are an excellent Christian rock band. Their faith is always evident in their songs. So just as a test, i typed in "dirty stamp" to see how many results came up and the entire first page is just flooded with inappropriate stamps. This just shows you how messed up the world is. From a Christian stand point, it's just so sad and alarming that a band with true faith has no kind of supportive stamps; while there's tons for sexual-type thoughts and ideas.
I am no way trying to preach my faith onto anyone, that's not how I roll. This discovery alarms me a lot. I mean, just turn on the radio and you'll see how messed up this country and world is. Honestly, it nearly brings me to tears. Being a teen in the 21st century is a hard thing, what with temptation and everything, but even beyond that. Even after you've sworn that you won't do any kind of drugs, or have sex, or smoke and it's easy for you to say no, there is still something else that gets at you. You have to watch almost every friend you have throw their lives away and nothing you say or do can make them stop. Wether it be through sex or drugs or alcohol or even just getting bad grades, it's painful to see. And if you add being a devote Christian on top of that, you have to watch them give the finger to God every single day.
It's so, so hard to watch all the teens around you become a statistic.
That's all teens are these days, a little statistic in the world. Everyday you see statistics like "1,000,000 teens in the United States alone will get pregnant this year" or something along those lines. When you read things like that, people become numbers. You don't think about each individual person and what that has done to their lives, you just say "wow. That's a lot" and move on. I mean you don't think about the baby, or how the mother most likely won't graduate, or how the father probably just left her. Why would ANYONE want to be statistic?
So, through this ramble that has no structure, I guess what I'm trying to tell you is to just
stop. Stop in your busy lives and just take a moment to think about your life and how many bad things influence. Whether it be that girl that you're cheating on your girlfriend with, or the lies that you tell, or the adult movies you watch and just try to picture your life without them. Don't become a statistic if you can help it, stand out, stand up, and
escape average.
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