THE
SORRELL ARCHIVES "THE
CENTRAL CHALLENGE IN THIS LIFE IS IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS"
By Author Sammy Sorrell |
THE
SORRELL ARCHIVES "THE
CENTRAL CHALLENGE IN THIS LIFE IS IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS"
By Author Sammy Sorrell |
TIME TO WAKE UP AMERICA
Several
decades ago America was one nation under God with liberty and justice for all.
Many of the social issues we see today had not become hot button political
social issues. Most Americans regardless of the different cultures and
religions of people were headed in one direction and that oneness was the glue
that held America together while becoming the greatest nation on earth. We are
still a great nation but the nation is becoming very fragmented and divided.
History teaches us that strength is anchored in "united we stand and
divided we fall." We are no longer one nation under God with liberty and
justice for all. The self-interest groups both personal and political are
determined to have their way. We are fast becoming one nation under the
professional politicians with selective liberty and justice for the
politically connected and the social issues and groups that drive the
professional political agenda. The public media with their self-ordained
position as the fourth branch of government has contributed to the ploy
helping to divide the nation with the red and blue states philosophy that has
rippled into other divisions often found in religion, social and racial issues.
The nation has lost its sense of direction and where we came from.
Just like our personal individual existence on this planet there are no more
vital questions that can be asked and answered than (1) Where did we come from
(2) What are we doing here and (3) Where are we going. Just the same as in our
own personal lives, as a nation those three questions are inseparable for our
national success, peace and progress. Today we have a selective memory about
where we came from and we are struggling to answer question number 2 and 3
because of that selective memory. Because of that selective memory several
vital parts of our national history are missing as self-serving social issues
cause the political spotlight to shine brightly.
Traditional family values are one of the cornerstones of a nation on its way to greatness. The basic social unit in any society is the family. The family has always been the laboratory of society and what comes out of that laboratory is what we get in society. Today that memory lapse of our history is missing. We have a 52% divorce rate and that laboratory is in a shameful state of disarray and shambles.
Another
cornerstone in our great nation is our service to each other. Today we see a
self-serving culture asking what can you do for me, bent on instant personal
gratification with no concern for consequence to our fellowmen.
The third cornerstone is our human relationships. All human relationships have
spiritual roots. Cut those roots and violence will spread like wildfire. Today
we have gained the title of the most violent nation on earth.
The fourth cornerstone is our rights and freedoms under the Constitution. The
right of freedom of speech today comes to the forefront. With every right
there is a required responsibility. Today that responsibility in freedom of
speech is nowhere to be found. Freedom of speech has become a right of passage
for a counter culture to create a utopia of peace without God and divide the
nation. Our media screens and the Internet feed Americans a steady diet of
Pornography that was born out of the freedom of speech right. That shameful
industry has grown to a $50 billion per year demeaning the great women and
children of our society.
Demagogues have appeared atop the political power forums in our society as
self appointed moral leaders that in fact are hypocrites and racist promoters
further dividing the nation.
Finally our recognition of and worship of the God that led every race of
people to this very special continent is the very foundation of our entire
national structure. Today we have a very deceptive counter culture that has
turned the "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
inside out. Today there is little forgiveness to be found for anyone's
mistakes. In fact the public media has dogged determination to place blame,
cause and continued public conflict to protect their ratings. It is all about
"do others before they do you" and that has led to outrageous and
extreme personal behavior. Religious freedom and tolerance under the
constitution has become meaningless to those who engage in bigotry.
Now lets go to the question of laws. Laws are the safety net for the nation.
Any society is a reflection of its laws and how those laws are administered.
When people forsake the higher moral laws the counter culture of crime and
violence increase. We see that today with a crime increase of over 350% over
the past 40 years. A staggering part of that statistic is violent crime such
as murder, manslaughter, assault and battery, armed robbery, rape, domestic
violence, child abuse and other violent crimes of force. If we added the 40
million plus unborn babies that have been killed since Roe vs. Wade in 1975
the crime increase would be astronomical. The safety net is our own man-made
laws and judicial system that administers those laws. When a judicial system
becomes a monopoly of political, corrupt and a financial opportunity for
lawyers the nation suffers. The one shelter of refuge designed to protect
victims from lawbreakers becomes a game of Russian roulette for the
victimized. The criminal justice system has become a revolving door for
criminals. Recently in my own city a man with 55 prior arrests was arrested
fleeing from law enforcement. Also in my city a DWI was arrested with 21 prior
arrests and several convictions. Illegal immigrants flood across our borders
at the rate of over one million annually. Over 80,000 of those illegal
immigrants are known criminals and their whereabouts are unknown. While
professional politicians jockey for personal and party position the nation is
placed at great risk. Is the safety net broken? Do we have serious social
issues? Do we have a counter culture making great inroads? Will these crime
problems evolve into an ugly state of vigilante justice? Will the nation
finally reach a state of anarchy?
Time To Remember Our Beginning And Where We Came From. Before all our national social issues became hot-button political issues it would be traditional values that would solve the problem. In the early beginning of the nation, community and political service to the nation was found in the man who would drop his plow at the end of the furrow, go and serve for a couple of years, come back and pick up his plow and get on with his life. Traditional family values were found in our dedication to our family units, our schools, community and our churches. We were a God-fearing nation willing to follow the roadmap that our Creator designed for us (The Ten Commandments). Out of that roadmap came service to and love for our neighbors, forgiveness of offenses and mistakes of each other. The acts of adultery and murder were at an all time low. Violence upon other citizens was rare. Our children were taught to choose the right and to avoid evil by a loving father and mother. It was in this setting that a great nation was born that became a beacon to the entire world.
It is much easier to get lost than it is to find our way back. Regardless of
the needed collective effort it is time to find our way back. Everywhere we
look today social issues appear to be overwhelming. Masses of self-interest
leaders are crying “choose me”. A nation is divided. What happened to that
great nation and how do we find our way back? Instead of spending
multi-billions of dollars to stake out and protect our political bases, we
must look at the road we have traveled and what has changed our nation to find
the answer. Following are the roadmaps;
1. We have lost our self-identity as a God-fearing nation.
2. We have a counter culture attempting to create a utopia of peace without God.
3. Politics has become the God of the land vying for the hearts and minds of all.
4. A secular society has emerged following the law of situation ethics.
5. The lust for greed and power has replaced service to each other.
6. Yesterdays immorality has become today's morality.
7. Selfish instant gratification has become the ruling emotion for millions.
8. The sacredness of human life has been lost.
9. A sexual revolution has engulfed the nation with carnal desires.
10. Honesty has been replaced with deception in our society.
11. Government has evolved into a non-responsive bloated political bureaucracy.
12. First Amendment rights have lost their original meaning.
13.
The Laboratory of society (family) is self-destructing and is the huge
casualty of society.
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