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Derrick Gray is a Christian Minister, business owner, filmmaker and author. A Long Island native and lover of all things hip-hop, he knows God’s not through with us yet.
( Excerpt from book )
Commandment 8 – “It’s Neither Too Soon nor Too Late to Start”
Society tends to blame many of the sins in the present on its younger generation. Truth is, most misdeeds of the youth have been learned from and passed down by the older folk. Our youth did not create drugs, raise tobacco, invent the television, brew the alcohol, make the movies, inelegant dance gyrations, or music. It’s irresponsible to fully blame them for the materialism or lack of conformity that’s present.
For millennia there has always been a bit of disdain towards the younger generation, mostly because young people don’t conform to our adult ideas of how we think things ought to be done. And yet, we often forget how we were perceived in our day. Still, amidst the dooming prophecies, each generation has managed to survive adolescence.
Apostle Paul reminded the younger Timothy that because he was young, most adults would have a low expectation of him. Paul told him, “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity” (1 Tim 4:12). Young people, the answer to living on purpose for God regardless of your age lies in these words from Paul. Allow me to further explain:
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