A thought that I have continually been faced with as of late is are we looking at the decline of a great nation?

In many ways the more I attend these things and hear about the state of government and the economy, I am saddened. I try to be an optimist, but sometimes it’s hard.

Financially our government seems in worse shape than ever before. They continue to spend more than they bring in on a monthly basis at a record pace. Local, state, and federal all share the blame. Families and individuals have followed suit and have more debt than ever before. But nobody seems to want to tighten their belts.

Morally, wow – what is there to say?  take the government again. How can u tell people don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t gamble when the state has sanctioned gambling through the lotto. How do you stop a poker room in clay county when the government sanctions it?

This mornings topic – education – and the state of the falling apart university system in  florida. wow. $, $,$..

This afternoon – affordable housing – sensitive topic, but at it’s core – welfare. somebody is giving money to someone else to buy a house they couldn’t otherwise afford. Weird place we live in…

The answers seem few, $ seem fewer, and taxes seem higher than ever.

Morally – how do we make the shift? I doubt it has to do with legislation, or condemning people’s outward behaviors. It seems what we need is a heart change. For believers to step up and live like believers to live apart from this world, to position themselves differently, but in a way that is attractive and draws the people of this world unto Jesus.

I guess it all goes to our hopelessness apart from Jesus and if things don’t change we need Him to come back sooner than ever.

I believe in our nation, our state, and our local government, but now seems a time we need to pray more than ever for those who are in power. That they would be willing to do the hard work, the belt tightening, etc that they really need to to provide for a better future for our children and our childrens children.

May we all as believers seek to live in such a way that we leave this earth better than when we arrived having made a difference in the name of Jesus in everyone we encounter.

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