CULTURE MUST NEVER SHAPE YOU! You must have the spine, creativity and persistence to shape the culture around you. If you are shaped by the culture you are in then the culture is perpetually stuck. When the culture is perpetually stuck then you enter into chaos and descent. When you’re reflecting your culture then you will never be able to bring hope. You must find a way to deflect in order to reshape. And all of us have something to offer, we all have the currency to inject something new to society. However many of us get caught up in being shaped by what we see instead of reaching for the higher call.
Reject the brokenness of our culture and embrace the creativity that you have, the measure of faith you’ve been given to offer hope. And be not conformed to this culture: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may offer what is the good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.