"Women of God can never be like women of the world.
The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender.
There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind.
There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined.
We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith.
We have enough greed; we need more goodness.
We have enough vanity; we need more virtue.
We have enough popularity; we need more purity."
-Margaret D. Nadauld

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Quest for Character: Curiosity

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Curiosity--the two-edged sword.  In so many ways, we benefit from curiosity; great things are discovered as we probe deeper.  In other ways, we punish ourselves; we overstep the boundaries of safety and find ourselves with the consequences of probing into the wrong areas.

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I am, by nature, a curious person.  I ask a lot of questions.  If I don't know the reason why someone wants me to do something or I don't understand or agree with why, I won't do it.  Thus the reason why I rarely, if ever, kept the curfew my parents applied to my life every weekend when I was growing up.  By nature, yes, I'm a rebel but not without a cause.

However, when I do understand something, I will stick to it and do it.  When I see that it benefits my life, I will hold onto it.

This leads to some thoughts I've been having lately.  I got to thinking about all the things I've never tried--even as a curious person. I started wondering why.  Why had I never had the desire to do things "everyone else" is doing?

Swindoll answered that question for me this morning:

"Remove the safety belt of Biblical parameters and curiosity will send our vehicle of learning on a collision course, destined for disaster"  (The Quest for Character, p. 100).

People will say that I live a strict life; that I'm limited by my religious beliefs, but I tend to think differently.  I cling to the boundaries God has set for me because, not only do I find safety in them but, I find my life blessed by them.  My ability to feel Him close is a result of obeying what I've come to understand from Him.


The limits I have chosen to set in my life, because yes, I know I have the choice to accept any or all of them offered, have made my life a joyful journey so far.

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Curiosity is a good thing as long as we "Prove all things." and "Hold fast to that which is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21).



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