Wolves Dressed as Sheep

Over the past few years I have encountered many many wolves dressed as sheep. And for a while, I was one myself.
What I mean by wolves dressed as sheep is really hypocrites, people who claim to be God-fearing people, Christians, Christ-followers, anything you would like to call them. The people who claim they love the Lord, yet when they leave the sight of those that they can say "I am a God-fearing person" to, they are changed dramatically.
In a teenage world, sex, drugs, cigarettes, money, alcohol, hatred, sin, everything that makes a person bad prevails. These are all temptations that the devil himself has set before us to wriggle under our skin.
Luke 6:37-49 paints little analogies to the hypocrisies of the world:

"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." He also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. "No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete."

This concept has also been illustrated alot in my church lately. My youth group leader asks us to come to church, live, and learn, but DO NOT call ourselves Christ-followers if we are not going to abide by His rules.
Not only do I appreciate this, but it makes me realize that I am sometimes hypocritical myself, which causes me to think more and see how much I sin. I do not like sinning; It scares me. So I have been more aware of my actions lately than I think I have ever been in my life.

Also, lately, something that has been irking me is the Christmas Season. I am so sick of children making fifty-item-long wish lists, acting spoiled. I'm tired of listening to people at my school talk about what they want or what they are going to ask for. I am tired of people who do not know the Lord to be excited for the upcoming celebrations of Jesus' birthday for their own selfish reasons.
I like Christmas, but I dislike the hypocrisies of Christmas. I know that Jesus Christ's day of birth was not in December. The Bible clearly states that shepherds were out tending their flocks during the night of Jesus' birth. If it had been winter when they were tending the flocks, they would have been icicles with legs. So.

This winter I am focusing on my Bible studies, family, friends, and giving gifts to everybody.