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During the last few years,
our nation has truly felt the oppression and harmful results of
governmental, societal, and personal sins of its people. How long will
the citizens of the US accept the moral decay that invades our society
from governmental leaders to our youth?
In today's society, our
children are being taught how to seek self-pleasure, indulgence, and
false methods for handling problems that occur daily. How and where can
our society and families teach our children self respect and control
rather than self-indulgence and pleasure. First, we can begin to train
our children about self control, provide sound solutions to daily
problems, display proper conduct, encourage wise decision making, and
teach them to serve others instead of themselves. This training MUST
begin in the home. Secondly, public establishments in our society, such
as church, school, clubs, work, etc. must support and continue this
education.
Society has the
responsibility of sharing in the discipline of community children to
help them become responsible adults in all human affairs. I, as a
concerned citizen, am embarrassed and abhorred at how the nation has
been supporting such disgraceful propositions by our government
concerning the future for our children. Condoms, birth control, and
abortions are not the solution for having safe sex. Why don't we teach
children to practice self control, have respect for their bodies,
encourage abstinence, provide more information about sexually
transmitted diseases or provide tours to hospitals to show them the
outcome of promiscuity, or spend government expenditure on school and
outdoor activities to keep the children out of trouble instead of funds
used to buy condoms and abortions? We as a society and parents need to
use harsher disciplinary actions towards those who choose to harm others
by alcohol, drugs, guns, and knives. The youth in our nation are now
rewarded with privacy and seclusion when they choose to harm and kill
others. I believe if they are old enough to premeditate another persons
harm or death, they are old enough to take the consequences of an adult
trial and punishment. The government has been rewarding the children
that are unrepentant for their crimes with small punishments, while the
victims' families are striving to survive spiritually, physically, and
financially. Guns and knives are not the problem, it's the power
(person) that controls and uses them. The weapon is useless on its own,
until a person uses it. Those who blame the materials, which the
children use in harming others, are only deceiving themselves. If the
youth chose to do the harm then they made a choice to break the law.
Therefore the punishment must fit the crime. Acceptance towards lenient
punishments for sin and crime, is this the outcome that our nation
wants? How can we as a nation, society, and parents change this outcome?
We can get more involved with our children in our homes, relationships,
and society. Slow down from a fast track life and raise our children as
much as we can. Instruct them to obey the laws of the land, to say no to
alcohol, drugs, promiscuity, and fornication. The future of our nation
depends on us as parents and concerned citizens to instruct our children
and prepare them for the future. How we raise our children today will
reflect on the generations after us. We have to acknowledge the sin and
stop it in its track. We as a people need to get on our knees and pray
to God for the healing of our nation, society, and youth.
2 Chr 7:14
14 If my people, which
are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my
face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and
will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
(KJV)
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