Four Thoughts for Forethought

I had a most intriguing week, several things occurred to me about our present society and its desperate depravity. I will attempt to limit those observations here to only four.

1.) I was doing as I do often objecting to the Twilight serious and to my shock, someone responded to that with this statement, "Twilight makes love seem real." I couldn't believe it! Can we not see this huge disconnect!? I mean, WHAT IS REAL ABOUT LOVING A !!!VAMPIRE!!!? Where is that in reality!? And that leads to the next disconnect. Every Twilight supporter universally agrees that Edward Cullen is the perfect suitor. OK, so then that makes him unlike any REAL man. What does that make Edward? UNREAL!!! Why is this so hard to grasp!? Perhaps it all roots in its being emotional pornography for women... but that is another topic for another time.
2.) I was observing that most of the individuals I know outside of the Church are just overgrown children. It came to me as like a brick to the face that most of the ladies in my acquaintance, again outside of the church, my age are two things: single and mothers. These women were never married. This came to me as a shock when I was observing one of their little children. The thought came to me that they have no family structure nor any example thereof. So we see, my brethren, my generation, the destruction of the family in our day. Behold, in our children's generation, the family will be virtually nonexistent.
3.) Sometimes I feel like I am in a rated "R" movie in my work environment with all the most horribly offensive oaths and swearing from left to right. This in a "professional" enviornemnt. This is only confirming my belief, it is not technology that makes a people civilized, but rather, the love of Christ. We are fast becoming a barbaric, heathen people.
4.) When I and some other degenerate are on conversation about holy matrimony, it often leads to the point of children. When asked how many kids I want, I often say 12 as just a round number denoting I want as many as with which the Lord blesses me and expresses my innate fraternal desire to have many kids. However, this fundamental hope of mine is often looked down upon, even in "Christian" circles. They say that I am looking for a woman to be a baby machine. This I find highly offensive as I think it a degrading picture of my wife future and a belief that I see her as naught more than an object. This is disgusting and putrid as this is not at all the case. And I could go on and on on this rant, however that is not my point. My point comes from the lady I noticed in front of my at the grocery store. She had three kids, adorable children, however, I observed this 30s something woman to have no wedding ring. Then the thought occurred to me. The Biblical image of a woman as after whom my heart desires is not infact the degraded creature but, rather, it is the modern woman, thrust forward into career yet is considered little more than a pleasure machine for self-centered men.

Now if you are anything like me, then this sort of thing will only perplex you until you can figure out how to fix it. My conclusion to this complex is that there is nothing we can fax because as wicked as these things or people are, we have to come to the conclusion that we were once just like them, lost in our sin and wicked. So for social problems, we must begin with ourselves. We must not loose sight of the fact that the problem begins with ourselves. However, you may ask the question, what of all them degenerate sinners!? Well, also remember that before you were redeemed, you were them. And what changed you? Certainly not yourselves. Nay, it was Christ! Thus the only solution to these many issues is to proclaim Christ and Him Crucified! This is our mission (Matt. 28:19) and we must simply trust Christ to enact His Will (Isaiah 14:27).

Soli Deo Gloria