Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!

[Falla39]

After our early morning walk on the track a couple of mornings ago. I asked
my husband of almost 50 yrs what are standards for. He told me that every-
thing has a standard. Time, clocks are set to a standard. Gold has a standard.
He told me that when the standard of anything is lowered, it loses value.
To lower standards is to lower the quality. When the stock market is down,
and the value is lowered, everyone wants to buy because they can buy it
cheap. But when the market is up, people want to sell because the value is
high.
If lowering the standards causes the quality to be lowered, and value to
be lost, why on earth would anyone desire to lower their standards.
Moses set the bounds for the mountain.

My father and mother together set some standards of what they wanted
their home to be. They set high standards. Some through the years have
thought they set them too high. Guys in high school thought my dad was
too strict because they couldn't date me. Their standards didn't measure
up to our family values or worth that my parents had placed on their family.

When we started to school, we already knew the standards set for OUR
family and home. No one was to touch our family values. They were ours
and they were precious for the safety and protection of our home. All 11
of we siblings graduated, some with honors, all with respect, because of
the high value system put in place by our parents. They relied on their God
to help them raise their family in the fear and admonition of the LORD!

In 1958, when Dad took the family alter to a small storefront building just
off main street, the standards didn't change. For over 30 yrs. he preached
a high standard to those who chose to come and listen. Today our family
and extended family are highly respected and the memory of our parents
are revered in the hearts and minds of the people of our city.

As we became young adults, of course we had the choice to set the
standard for our own homes and families.

For the life of me, I cannot perceive WHY anyone would want to lower
the standard in their homes and families, and churches. To lower the value
and quality of something SO dear. Many people do not respect those who
lower their standards, quality and value.

Just some thoughts as there has been a lot of discussion on the subject
of standards. Why would anyone want to "drop" the standards. especially
if good strong values were instilled from the beginning with godly parents.

Jesus is the Standard God set for the Family of God. His Son was the
standard set for His Family. HIGH and LIFTED UP, SHINING IN THE LIGHT
OF HIS GLORY!!!

As always, my words are not to offend, but to provoke thought.

Falla39