I was talking with my law partner Ray about people killing their consciences. C.S. Lewis believed that every person was born with a conscience - an innate sense of good and evil - but that it can be killed with time and effort. I entirely agree and the news is filled with people who have done so and committed horrendous deeds that are unfathomable to most of us. Ray observed that the Bible is full of instances where people "hardened their hearts" and wasn't this really people killing their consciences? My answer was "Absolutely!" Every time we say "yes" to evil we kill a piece of our conscience and allow our heart to harden. Every time we say "yes" to God and to good, He continues His work of regeneration in us, making us more like Him. May we all say "yes" to Him much more often so His light will shine through us to this darkening world.
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