Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says: thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbour as yourself. And we said ok
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self esteem (Dr Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said ok
Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. The school administration said no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued (there's a big difference between discipling, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking etc). And we said ok
Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said ok
Then some wise school board members said, since boys will be boys and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want so they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we said ok
Then some of the top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them, we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it wholesome, down to earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body. And we said ok
Then someone else took that appreciation a little further and published pictures of nude children and then further again by making them available on the internet. And we said ok, they're entitled to free speech.
Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that promote profanity, violence, drugs, rape, murder, suicide and satanic themes. And we said: It's just entertainment, nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.’
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates and themselves. Probably if we think long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW".
Some powerful words and for many I think they came as a wake up call and still all these years after 09: 11 they still shock and as we read them I imagine many of us could be nodding in agreement. It has been an interesting week to be in the States, news wise. A man was taken from death row, sent to the electric chair and ‘murdered’ for murdering women. Someone else, wanting to be in the running for the next Presidential elections has been accused of inappropriate behaviour with women. And a long standing university football coach has been accused of molesting young boys. ‘One nation under God’. Oh yes, the USA is still one nation under God, but can people see it by the behaviour, attitudes and reactions of its people. In fairness, I don’t believe it is any different in the UK or any other country for that matter.
‘One world under God’. Can people see it?
As I prepare to leave the States and return to the UK on Sunday I find myself returning with some challenges and would like to share them with you.
‘Choose this day who you will serve’
Joshua 24:15
New International Version (NIV)
15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”
‘If I / we don’t show the world Jesus, how are they going to see Him?’
And a prayer of commitment and dedication:
‘Unto Thee, O Saviour King,
Our allegiance now we bring.
Body, soul and spirit all
In obedience to Thy call.
Naught have we Thou didst not give,
By Thy life and grace we live,
Selfish aims do we forsake,
Service with our Lord to take.’
(SASB 532 – Charles Coller)
Major Glad
Divisional Candidates Officer
Liverpool
Thanks Glad. You never fail to challenge.
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