NO GREY

It was a cold Wednesday night. I was trying to get some sleep, seeking comfort under the cozy sheets of my bed after a long day at school, when my phone suddenly rang. It was my friend. Her trembling voice delivered the strangest news — words that drained all the warmth from my body and left me frozen. She told me she was pregnant.

As hard as it was to process what she’d just said — like a difficult equation I couldn’t solve —what truly shocked me were her next words: “I’m going to abort it.” Those six words stole my breath and emptied my throat of every possible reply. I opened my mouth to speak, to break the heavy silence that hung between us, but nothing came out. My mind went blank — utterly blank — as if it had never known thought at all.

How could I possibly respond to the storm that had just broken inside me? How could I translate the flood of confusion and grief into words? “But how? How did it happen? Is this real or am I dreaming?” The chill in the air pressed against my skin — cold, sharp, and real.“Why would she abort the baby? Is she really going to kill an innocent life?” I couldn’t sleep that night. Her voice kept echoing in my head, circling around every unanswered question that tormented my thoughts each time I closed my eyes.

Without comfort to lull me to sleep, morning arrived and sunlight crept through the window, gently kissing my face awake. With dark circles under my eyes and heavy lashes that resisted opening, I dragged myself to school, hoping the day would somehow bring peace.

As I walked through the hallways, last night’s unease still gnawed at me. I saw a group of students pouring a bucket of water over one of their classmates, laughing as if they had just won a gold medal for their “noble” act. Drama queens, I thought. Perhaps they would win gold for their we-do-this-because-we’re-cool performance.

I reached my classroom still lost in my thoughts, only to find another scene waiting for me.

All the boys were huddled in a corner, their eyes glued to a phone screen. Curious, I asked one of my friends what they were watching. He answered casually —“It’s porn.” That single word hit me like a wave. I sank into my seat, overwhelmed by confusion, disappointment, and sorrow. And then a question rose within me — one I now ask you, too: Is there anything I could have done or said to stop, or at least lessen, the chaos that’s flooding our generation? What has happened to us? What has dulled our hearts, hardened our consciences, and made us numb to the pain around us — even our own? Most of us today have been convinced that there’s no such thing as absolute truth — that everything is “relative.”

We call our personal opinions “truth,” fashioning it to fit our comfort and ambition. We’ve made ourselves the designers of reality, molding truth but never letting truth mold us. When truth exposes us, we label it “fake.” When lies support us, we call them “our truth.” But like it or not, gold-plated stones will never be gold.

My beloved friends, we’ve missed something essential: there is no gray in life. There is white, and there is black. There is right, and there is wrong. Anything done outside God’s design is wrong — no matter how beautiful it looks or how normal it feels.

Take a fish out of water, and it will die within seconds. Pluck a flower from its stem, and it will wither before your eyes. Why? Because both were designed for a specific environment and purpose. In the same way, when God created us, He gave us identity and purpose. How then can we — mere creations — claim the authority to redefine what He has already established?

It may seem “normal” today to choose your own gender or redefine marriage, but it is not our right. Our sex is not what we choose; it is what God has already chosen for us. It is utterly wrong to promote same-sex marriage or any distortion of God’s natural order. The devil cannot create — he only corrupts. He takes what is pure and twists it until it feels comfortable to our sinnature. But God’s words were not spoken in vain. He made man and woman for a divine reason.What hurts most is how easily we walk away — minding our own business while our brothers and sisters die on the inside, smiling only on the surface.

The list of defied truths goes on. The world’s rich, famous, and powerful have managed to brainwash us into believing lies. They’ve normalized what once was unthinkable — homosexuality, abortion, teen pregnancy — and disguised rebellion as progress. If such corruption continues unchecked, what’s to stop the normalization of rape, murder, or worse? It’s time to wake up, family!

Truth does not force itself upon us; it waits to be found. Evil grows from every seed of deception planted in our homes, friendships, and schools. It’s our responsibility to uproot the lies and sow seeds of truth. You are your responsibility. No one else can guard your heart, your mind, or your convictions for you. Everything you say and do matters — because it flows from who you truly are.

“As we think in our hearts, so are we.”