It's Always Been this Way!
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Personally, I don’t think it has always been this way. I remember growing up and knowing all my neighbors, we looked out for each other. We would sit on each other’s porch and build tents in the front yard and we would sleep under the stars. We used to walk around at night even into the early morning hours. We didn’t lock our doors, we sometimes slept with the front door open and the screen door fastened, but not anymore. Now the people you think you know may not be all they appear to me. It's sad.
Take tonight for instance. Have you ever been out and seen someone in their car throwing newspapers or maybe at the local convienence store filling up the newspaper machines. Or maybe the Newspaper guy comes to your door to collect the money for your subscription. Well, tonight we had a call, where a girl was across the street from one of our supercenters and the newspaper carrier got out of his truck and propositioned her, then dropped his pants and walked toward her. Are you kidding me??
I know things have not always been this way, but when I talk to people they tell me it has, that we just hear about it now because of our advanced technology. It's amazing to me the boldness that comes with sin now. I mean, this newspaper guy has a regular route. We caught him of course because there are only two of them who run this area. What was he thinking? I guess he wasn't!
I am always on the defensive. I have become a very good listener and of course very observant. I get this gut feeling when things aren't right and if I listen to it, I have always been the wiser for it. I pray God opens my eyes to what He wants me to see and my ears so I will hear His voice. He does speak to us sometimes in the quiet. I trust God to protect me and to remind me to keep my eyes wide open and my ears in tune to His voice.
So tell me, do you think it has always been this way? What's your opinion?
Take tonight for instance. Have you ever been out and seen someone in their car throwing newspapers or maybe at the local convienence store filling up the newspaper machines. Or maybe the Newspaper guy comes to your door to collect the money for your subscription. Well, tonight we had a call, where a girl was across the street from one of our supercenters and the newspaper carrier got out of his truck and propositioned her, then dropped his pants and walked toward her. Are you kidding me??
I know things have not always been this way, but when I talk to people they tell me it has, that we just hear about it now because of our advanced technology. It's amazing to me the boldness that comes with sin now. I mean, this newspaper guy has a regular route. We caught him of course because there are only two of them who run this area. What was he thinking? I guess he wasn't!
I am always on the defensive. I have become a very good listener and of course very observant. I get this gut feeling when things aren't right and if I listen to it, I have always been the wiser for it. I pray God opens my eyes to what He wants me to see and my ears so I will hear His voice. He does speak to us sometimes in the quiet. I trust God to protect me and to remind me to keep my eyes wide open and my ears in tune to His voice.
So tell me, do you think it has always been this way? What's your opinion?
posted by Live, Love, Laugh | 11:54 AM
8 Comments:
Sadly I think it HAS always been this way. Sin is nothing new. Just our eyes are open to it now when once they were not.
I pray the Lord give you peace.
I think there has always been a criminal element in society. The advances in technology do give us more knowledge of it, but also adds another dimension to it as well.
I remember growing up and knowing all my neighbors, too.
Glad to see you're OK after Rita!! ;)
Oneida Baptist Institite in Oneida, Kentucky. He won't have to pay if he has no money. He'll need tranportation to get theà
andrearb@frontiernet.net email me I keep getting cut off -Andrea. We can help him with transport and misc spending as God permits.
andrearb@frontiernet.net
With the fall of man - it has always been like this. A great reminder is to look back at bibical times and ancient cities...example: sodom and rome.
There is nastiness and perversion everywhere!
You still can know all your neighbors and even have trust.
No, I don't think it's always been this way. Like you, I grew up in a time and place where we never locked our doors, my sister and I roamed all over the neighborhood from sunup to sundown, and any adult had the right (and the duty) to bust my chops if they saw me being bad. I also agree with the boldness part - at our daughter's school, every day at 2:30 dozens of cars line up to pick up children. One day last year, a man in line got out of his truck, pulled down his pants, and proceeded to pee right there in broad daylight on school property!
Post a Comment