Teen and Teacher Together: What to think?

I can't believe the article I just read this morning.  It has greatly disturbed me.  I saw very a similar thing happen in my own high school.  How are we going to think about these things?  How are we going to react?  I am not talking about "Christian activist" extremism but we have to have some kind of reaction, don't we?  In youth group, we've been talking about sowing works of the flesh and works of the Spirit.  What kind of fruit will this have in the lives of these two people?  I think the answer is already obvious...The man (who is 41) left his wife and children to move in with this 18 year old girl because they were "just following their hearts".  His family is not just broken but destroyed.  Yet, this mentality of letting your emotions and feelings drive your decisions is the culture we live in.  The idea is to tie your level of commitment to your feelings of love and you will find what it truly means to love.  In other words, when you feel love for someone else, forsake everything and everyone in the name of love because that will bring you true happiness.  This kind of thinking is so twisted from the truth.  Is this the kind of love Paul was talking about when he listed of the fruit of the Spirit?  What are your reactions?
Remember, we must guard the deposit of truth!

Read Your Bible, be made NEW by God

I just read the weekly blog digest from John Piper.  It addresses the issue of reading Scripture daily out of desire not obligation.  I hope you are as encouraged by it as I was/am!  It hits the issue I was trying to talk about this week.  Do not make something like reading your Bible a law to yourself.  Out of a love for God, enjoy the opportunity you have to read His Word!  It is in that state of love that the Holy Spirit will work and move to mold and shape you into the image of Jesus Christ.  Even when the reading seems dry and you feel like a desert, think of it as a spiritual investment!  Remember, the Word and Truth of God never comes back void.  Click HERE to read it.