Here is a piece that my sister, Jana wrote. She, though more comfortable with words and better able to express herself, rarely actually writes her pieces down on paper. She just discusses them. But, she has written a couple here and there. When I began this site she made mention of this piece and I thought it might be fun to have it here. Enjoy!
In the End
The other day I was watching a movie. It was a normal plot. There was a married man who met a girl. They were attracted to each other. They saw each other again and kissed! They fell in love but decided to stop seeing each other because it wasn't right. I thought "That's a pretty good movie, I mean, they did the right thing in the end." But wait, let's look at that sentence, "They did the right thing in the end." Now hold on just a minute! Is that what we are supposed to do? Are we supposed to go along and do whatever our flesh and emotions tell us to, then do the right thing in the end to fix the situation?
First of all, if we do what we desire first, there will be consequences. This couple saw each other again and kissed because that is what their flesh and emotions desired. But if they had not met again, they would not have fallen in love. By sinning, they brought unhappiness upon themselves.
Secondly, if we do what we desire first, will doing the right thing in the end fix the situation? This couple did the right thing in the end but that did not take away the pain and unhappiness they had brought upon themselves. It also did not take away any other consequences there may have been. For instance, the guilt and shame they would or should both have. The greater difficulty for him in dealing with an even more unhappy and loveless marriage. In short, I don't believe that doing the right thing at the end can fix all the wrong you have done until then.
Now let us look at what this situation would have been had they done the right thing from the beginning. A married man and a girl meet. There is an instant attraction between them. But knowing that it would be wrong to encourage it, they don't see each other again.
Because they did what was right from the beginning, they did not have consequences! Well, I guess they did, just not bad one. They did not fall in love so they were not as unhappy. Perhaps the young man would have been able to save his marriage, or at least not been as unhappy in it. See, if we do what is right from the beginning we save ourselves much sorrow. And it is not a good movie if they do the right thing in the end.