musings

We can't lay all the blame -- or even most of the blame -- for the downward spiral the USA is taking on the President. We need to lay the blame with the American people, including those who call themselves Christians.

We point to prayer and Bible reading being tossed out of schools and now out of society. Were we doing that in our homes regularly? Are we now?

Are we careful about the support we give to the entertainment industry, an industry that is so influential on our society, mostly in a negative way? What movies do view, whether at the theater or in the privacy of our homes? What music do we listen to, buy? What programs do we watch on television? (I think that is the most subtle one of all.)

How about the way we dress? I think it is interesting, for example, that no longer is one piercing per ear enough in Christian circles, but two or three. I know of a teen in my own church who ruled out a particular Christian college because she could not wear more than one pierced earring in an ear. What about tattoos? What about the length of skirts, dresses, shorts? How about how low, guys, we wear our pants, shorts?

How about our language?

How does time online compare with time with God?

Do we make commitments to serve God, but then try to get out of them because something more appealing is drawing us away. In my church, soccer has become a type of god to many of the teens and young adults. Get to church late Sunday morning because of a late night out; dash out of the services because we have a game . . .

This is just a start.

Why is America in the predicament that it is? Why is it not the nation it once was? Why do Christians in countries where persecution happens pray for persecution to come to the Christian church of America? Hmmm . . .