I am not an expert on any of this, but I do have a theory. During the depression times, everyone worked together, you had to, to survive. Everyone helped each other simply live.
During WW2 a generation of Americans sacrificed to end tyranny and make the world a better place. Things went pretty smooth after that- for a while.
Here is my theory- as we became more affluent as a nation, we also got lazy. Instead of sacrificing for the common good, we wanted it OUR way. In fact, that is the burger king slogan. We indulged in drugs and free love, and we reaped the consequences.
We want more, we expect more and we reject things that do not line up to make us happy. We throw away spouses, we throw away churches, we throw away about anything that doesn't do it the way that we want it done. And we are a mess mentally because we were not designed to simply be demanding consumers.
This is so the opposite of Kingdom thinking. In the Kingdom of Jesus, we go the second mile, we turn the other cheek. In the Kingdom of Jesus we lose our lives to find them. A far cry from the self indulgent messages of our culture today.
What can we do? Resist the desire for more. Maybe we already have enough. Resist the desire for more. Give yourself away. Spend yourself for the children of God. Love all of them that you can. Invest in every person that comes your way. For this we were created. Folks that live outside of themselves are pretty adept at seeing the good.
It's not too late for American and it's not too late for you and me. We just need to start living the selfless lives for which we were created.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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This post is right on. And the strongest statement is when you say "it's not too late." If we all believe that and change our priorities to living like we believe that, maybe we can gradually turn the course of this ship around.
Thanks for sharing.
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