So I have heard the song “Slow Fade” by Casting Crowns many times and everytime that I hear it I see a little more of what takes place around me everyday. I have seen too many marriages come to a place where all of a sudden, or so it seems, the marriage ended up in a horrible place. I believe that it brings to light the awareness that everyone needs in order to have a successful, meaning life. The Chorus of the song so elequently puts it:

It’s a slow fade when you give yourself away
It’s a slow fade when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade, choices are made, a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
It’s a slow fade, it’s a slow fade

The littlest of behaviors, thoughts, ideas, values, beliefs and our daily way of doing life can send us in a direction where eventually we find ourselves lost and in a situation that we didn’t see coming. One degree off over a short distance is not very noticeable…over the course of 10, 20, 30 or more years of life and relationships…we can look back and wonder what happen to our direction.

So I encourage anyone that reads this to examine if their path is moving farther from morality or closer to morality in all areas of life. What am I reading? What am I watching? Who am I listening to? Where am I going? How am I acting? What agreement am I making? What agreements am I breaking? All of these questions are important for our daily walk in life. I believe that truly successful people are examing these questions and more to be the most effective as possible.