"Vessels - Valor or Vanity"

I came across this verse a while back "What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory," ~ Romans 9:22-23. During this short life of mine, I've seen many people fall. I grew up with three older siblings who left my parents house as young teenagers. I've seen them make a lot of wrong choices. And I've learned from their mistakes. We all have made bad choices at one point or another in our lives. God can use those choices to mold and shape us. "But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour." ~ 2 Timothy 2:20. No one wants to be a vessel of dishonour. But God can use vessels of dishonour to teach otheer vessels. And even vessels of dishonour can be broken and molded again. "And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it." ~ Jeremiah 18:4. The key to being changed is this "Be yielded to the Potter's hand." As Children of God, we are to be holy vessels. But too often the World calls our name and we answer that call. We run to the World by listening to its music, its movies and its method of thinking. The World's philosophy penetrates our minds and consumes our being. Music plays a big part in brainwashing Christians. The sad sappy love songs make us long for a relationship. It's girl wants boy / boy wants girl themes cause us to dive into shallow relationships or worse. Everywhere we turn, the lights are flashing ... huge neon signs are telling us what we absolute must to have to live. The Word of God simple says: "Be ye holy, even as I am holy." Today, I am saddened at the lack of concern we, as Christians, have for the things of Christ. The more we listen to the world music, the harder it is to listen to good Christian music. And We find ourselves thinking like the World. God took me out of the gutter when he saved me, why would I ever want to go back there? Why would I want to think that way again? Why are there so many boarder-line Christians? What is missing here? The Christian that yields their life to Christ is broken and molded into a vessel of honor. That Christian is a vessel full of valor. But the Christian that runs back to the World is a vessel of dishonor. They are full of vanity and pride. Dear friend, which one are you? "Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD." ~ 1 Chronicles 22:19.