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God’s Remnant in a Time of Spiritual Darkness
Here is a great view from a blog: Pondering Principles.com - Reflections on God…Man…Life
Date: 1/23/2014 11:16:41 AM ( 10 y ) ... viewed 10884 times God’s Remnant in a Time of Spiritual Darkness
Posted by Dr Snyder on January 23rd, 2014
** This is an excellent post to illustrate how the world has changed for the worse!
I’m in a more reflective mood today; perhaps pondering is the right word since it fits with my blog’s title. I've been thinking about how the society has changed in my 60+ years. Most of those changes, in the moral realm, have not been beneficial.
I grew up in a small town in northern Indiana, probably not more than 3500-4000 people. I knew everyone in my high school graduating class, to one degree or another, because there were only 99 of us, the majority of whom were in the same school for all 12 or 13 years of their educational lives.
I’m trying to recall how many of them grew up in broken families. I can think of 2, at least, although there must have been a few more. That was the exception; we all pretty much expected a mom and dad were in the home in nearly every family. I’m not at all sure any of the girls in my class had to leave school due to pregnancy; I don’t remember anyone in that situation, although, again, there may have been one I have forgotten. Once more, that was the extreme exception. Marriage was to come first.
No one in the 1960s talked much about homosexuality, let alone same-sex marriage. Out of sight, out of mind. Not on our radar. We had our share of sullen bully-types and those who reeked of rebellion and cigarette smoke, but if anyone ever was high on drugs, it wasn't evident. That was for classes which graduated after mine {from the late 70's thru today!}.
Abortion was a word with which I had no acquaintance at all. I never knew anyone who had an abortion. Of course, it was illegal then; the floodgates had not yet been opened.
Sometimes I feel like I’m living in an alien culture today, a sort of virtual world that is an anomaly—this is not the way things are supposed to be. Families are not supposed to be disintegrating at the alarming rate we now see; marriage is in the process of being destroyed completely by the radical homosexual agenda; the number of abortions since Roe v. Wade—a staggering 56 million—defies all rational expectations.
It’s absolutely horrifying, yet we are practically numbed by the immensity of the figure. In many people’s minds, the aborted babies are more statistics than real persons who have had their lives snuffed out. They are the most innocent victims of all; they never did anything to deserve such treatment.
As I pointed out in a post two days ago, we've even come to the place where the governor of New York says pro-life people, those who believe in the self-defense of carrying arms, and those who refuse to accept the movement away from traditional marriage are to be considered extremists who have no place in his state.
I can’t imagine, as a high school student back in the 1960s, even with all the drama of Vietnam and the beginnings of cultural shifts at the time, that any governor would ever feel comfortable making a statement like that. {it did not happen}
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It’s easy to sense a deepening spiritual darkness, yet we cannot allow that to lead us to despair. We are the rays of His light in this dark world. Although I am sometimes stunned when I consider the plunge our society has made into new avenues of depravity, I have hope when I view hundreds of thousands congregating on the Washington Mall to show support for the sanctity of human life.
It tells me there are many others out there who share my worldview. All is not lost. If we can encourage each other enough and work toward unity of purpose, we will give God something to work with.
God has never required a majority on His side to move a mountain. He will always honor the dedicated remnant. We must determine to be that remnant.
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Filed under: Christians & Culture, The Christian Spirit Tags: abortion, homosexuality, morality, Pro-life, remnant, same-sex marriage
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