Ethics

I am preparing to teach ethics this semester. I am reflecting on when I was a younger man, I had all the answers. I knew what was right and what was wrong... and not just for myself but everyone else as well. Now that I am getter older, and hopefully much wiser, I realize how much I do not know. Isn't it funny that as we grow older, we realize our limitations and see the world differently. As a young Christian man, everything was black and white. Now, I can see nearly every side to an argument. I was once very conservative, had no doubts about God, the Bible and believed things were simple and without many gray areas. Now I see the world much different. I am now trying to see the world more logically and with more compassion for people. It is my hope, that instead of falling away from my values and morals, I am now embracing them more fully. Instead of treating people as ungodly sinners, I am trying to see them as being made in the image of God. Instead of looking for the rules, I am trying to live by my principles and values. Instead of looking for what I should do, I am looking for what I should be.