We called it college.
This is the title of an article in the September/October issue of Relevant Magazine. (Yes, I think it’s the best Christian mag out there… hands down.) It’s contains one of two paragraphs that has kept me thinking this week.
Some of the worst decisions I ever made came during a night of binging. There are men I can’t remember, faces I’d just as soon forget. Friends I fought with, floors I fell on and bathrooms that became my bed. It’s pretty amazing what sorts of things we will tolerate when we are drunk. Porcelain gods and beer goggles are pretty expensive in the economy of life. (p. 49)
First off, it’s a really well written article. I really like the sentence I’ve underlined. Not only is it true, it’s a well constructed and imaginative thought.
But this article has me thinking because there is a present reality that we like to pretend doesn’t exist. There are students in my lives, college and high school, (dare I say middle school?) who I wonder if they are getting hurt in the world of binge drinking? It’s not hard to get into… and yet it comes with massive ramifications. I just wonder… do I care enough? Am I creating a place in Light Force where students who have gone there and done that can find forgiveness and chose a better way in the future?
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