Party. It. Up. ... Not.

I am not a partier. (Just how are you supposed to spell that, spell check?) No one in my family is a partier either. I do not even have any close friends who party. However, since I am in college, I frequently come across other students who live it up on the weekends and sometimes during the week too. They seem to love the idea. They seem to have tons of fun partying. They get to drink, meet people...some do drugs or hook-up...I hear their stories; I see that they think it is all worth it. But is it really?

I don't get it. I mean, I am of age. I enjoy having a drink every now and again, but I cannot understand the love of partying. Most of the time, people act retarded when they are drunk. They can even get violent. Plus there's the fact that if you are using, you're worsening everything - destroying braincells with alcohol AND drugs. Then if you are sexually active at a party, odds are you don't actually know the person or their STD's. The thought of getting an STD from a party hook-up is just splendid. What do you do when the night's over? Stay and spend the night? or go drive drunk with the possibility of getting a DUI and getting jail-time (or wrecking and injuring yourself and/or others). And, as much fun as you have, half the time, you can't even remember what happened by the next day. Then too there's that tremendous head-ache from the hangover...that lovely sense of grogginess. It just makes the whole scene appealing.

For real. What the heck? Why does our culture think that partying is awesome? People seriously get STD's, other health issues, DUI's, Jail-time, loss of driver's license, loss of job, and bad grades all for a terrible lifestyle. I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy but it seems to me that for these reasons, partying is a waste.

Regardless of what I think though, what I believe through God's word solidifies it. The Bible says in multiple places something similar to what it says in Ephesians 5:18 "And do not get drunk." And then in 1 Corinthians 6: 18-20 it says, "Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body." 


Partying does not glorify God. I realize that most who party are not Christians and don't care what the Bible has to say about drunkenness and immorality. However, if you are reading this and are a Christian, you can use these verses to help you to reach those you have come across who are partiers. They are lost people. They need Jesus' love. They need to know that there is more to this life than this. They need to know that partying will last for a day in comparison to eternity. Maybe they justify it by saying that they'll change their lifestyle later, but...that may be too late. God cares about them and wants them to turn to Him - NOW. It kills me that so many people are separated from Him just because the fun of this life is more important.