Should I Do or Dont (Romans 14)"Whoever regards one day as special does so to the lord, whoever eats meat does so to the lord for they give thanks to God, and whoever abstains does so for the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live we live for the lord and if we die we die for the Lord"-Romans 14:6-8I feel many times we get stuck in a superficial approach of Do's and Dont's in our Faith.Thinking systematically in our pursuit of doing what is right & pleasing a God who is Relational.We wrongfully focus on external appearances while He sees internal intentions.He's more focused on the attitude of our hearts than the appearance of our works.I'll give an explicit example I've seen play out in my life and have personally questioned myself:When drinking Wine, If I do it and I know it arouses all kinds of evil desires within me, or I struggle with addiction, Or maybe I don't, but somebody present at the moment does struggle with it, or feels offended by the action of My drinking, and that person looks up to my testimony or their is any other reason why my abstinence at the moment would represent a selfless act other than a selfish one and it would please God more than my consumption, Well maybe Abstaining myself from drinking might be the proper thing to do at the moment.On the other hand, if I'm at a celebration with Godly people, after a week of hard work, I don't have an issue nor struggle with having a cup of Wine to lay back and enjoy Fellowship & companionship, and no one present would be offended by my consumption,Bless the Cup, Swallow Up, Give thanks to the Lord & God who brings forth the fruit of the Vine, and don't overindulge in it.Not because of appearances, but making sure you have the proper attitude in your heart at the moment doing everything out of love for God & others, not selfish desires and you won't feel the need to justify yourself.On the other hand, If the attitude of your heart in abstaining from drinking is to feel better than others and judge whoever does it, then your abstinence might be more displeasing to the Lord than even someone's consumption.Ask yourself: Is my intention in a cup of wine to delight & enjoy each other's company, or do I want to feel a Buzz or get drunk?Because the first might enhance bonding and relaxation (While it's not needed.)But the latter feeds the indulgence of the flesh giving room to sin other than to the Holy Spirit in your Being.More than thinking of what to do, and what not to do, think of why you do what you do, or why you don't do what you don't.And may everything that you do or don't be birth out of a proper attitude of the heart, thinking of God & others before yourself.May whatever you decide to do or don't do be for the Lord, done out of love for him & others, born of a clean conscience & pure heart.Quoting Scripture:"So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith, and everything that does not come from faith is sin." (Romans 14:22)So let's forget about Do's and Dont's And let's make sure everything we do comes from faith expressed through love in the name of the Lord.