Sad State of Affairs

Time On-Line reported on the state of affairs in our Nation. It’s hard to believe that they are not right on track.

“In the U.S., the mood is sour. Americans are glum, dispirited and angry. The middle class, in particular, feels under assault. In a Newsweek poll in September, 63% of Americans said they did not think they would be able to maintain their current standard of living. Perhaps most troubling, Americans are strikingly fatalistic about their prospects. The can-do country is convinced that it can’t. Americans have good reasons to worry. We have just gone through the worst recession since the Great Depression. The light at the end of the tunnel is dim at best. Sixteen months into the recovery, the unemployment rate is higher than it was in the depths of all but one of the postwar recessions. And as government spending is being pared back, the economy is showing new signs of weakness.”  ( How to restore the American Dream by Fareed Zakaria)

The real issue, in my opinion, is not the economy, or politics, or the Government, but the departure of Christianity as the driving force behind the Nation. As much as many, maybe most, people would like to blame the American struggle on anything else, the TRUTH is we have made every attempt to abandon God. The further we move from Him, the greater the depth of despair. When we return to Him, He will heal our land (2 Chronicles 7:14). Without that, He alone knows what will be the depth of our descent.