THE LIES YOU TELL YOURSELF ABOUT YOUR SIN

 

By Nyakuni Solomon

When I look at the rate at which familes are being destroyed by adulterous sexual relationships, wild lifestyle  of alcoholism, night clubbing, shisha smoking, drug abuses, thuggery, violences against women and children, laziness, idleness and godlessness, my heart goes out to men. My own story of failure in this area of moral integrity, responsible exemplery parenting and faithful husbanding deepens my desire and hunger for men to rise above the tide to stand counted as men of God, fully committed in their calling into priestly leadership, protection, provision and care for families.

I could say men world over need this reminder, but if my voice could be any louder, I would love to see this revival in my region of this Country. As one who comes from West Nile, I see the moral degradations, the abundonment issues, the savage lifestyles among the younger generation of men and all percieve is doom for the future families in my region. Before you think I am making an exergerated claim; the independence reported that "Over 3000 girls got pregnant during the lockdown in 2021" . Teenage pregnancy rate in  West Nile alone stands at 37%. More than 70% of criminal offences according to the UBS are committed by youth.

 

These are just but the tip of the iceburg for the reality of issues this brings to households generationally. My pain goes to these girls because they will be abandoned with their children, whose life in misserable beginning will continue to be second to best as they struggle to find their identities in the already flawed culturally entrenched problems of broken families, poverty stricken households, and generally averagely exposed society.

Needless to say, this is a widespread problem in different parts of this Country. The perpetrators of these vices are the men who themselves have never experienced the level of parenting, mentorship, training and exposure it takes to make responsible and godly men. Consequently, the social let alone the emotional, ecomonical and spiritual implications of these reckless behaviours live long after many such men are gone, for they can't live long since their lifestyle alone ends their lives early. It begs the question, why could such behavoural patterns survive for so long without crying out for help? What are we doing wrong as men amidst all the Christianity and faith talk we have been exposed to? How come our Christianity has not influenced our behaviours, let alone strenghened our resolves to resist sin? In the diagnosis of these problems I propose satan has disguised sin in our conscience to keep us from responding to the warnings of Scripture.  It is the failure of our faith to influence our cultural life that we see these decays. It is these lies about our sins that we have long told ourselves which have covered the naked truths behind our sinful behavioural patterns and their enduring consequences. What are these lies?