I was talking to a young lady, and giving her some advice
about work and I said something that I was old enough to be her parent so take
it as fatherly advice. She retorted back
that I was old enough to be her Grandpa.
I laughed, but it kind of got to me.
A few days later I was tell the story to several women about my age and
we all had a laugh, but one of the ladies piped up and said, you know with the
younger generations this is true. I looked
a little stunned so she explained. Now
days children are having children. There
is a very high percentage of girls having children in their teens, and this has
been happening for the last two generations.
For example, say a girl has a baby at 16 and that baby has a baby at
16. That means someone in his or her forties
could be a Grandpa or Grandma. I will turn
fifty this year so what that lady was saying is very true.
She went on to say that in today’s culture, the trend is to
have children young. It is a status
symbol in some high schools for a girl to have a child. I have not come out and said it, but most of
these children are out of wedlock. It is
a sign of the gradual decline of our society.
This reminds me of another incident I witnessed. I stopped
by Mc Donald’s on a Saturday to get a cold drink about lunchtime. I sat down in
the cool air conditioning and started drinking my drink. Like normal, the place
was full of kids and was noise so I did not think much about it. Then I did a
little people watching and was a little surprised at what I saw. There were no
mothers in there at all; it was all fathers with their children. A few minutes later, I glanced in the
parking lot and I saw a mother hug her kids and then the kids ran over to their
dad in a different car and mom drove off.
That is when I figured out what was really going on. Mc Donald’s was the
place where these broken families had chosen to exchange the kids. This was
very depressing for me.
As most of you know, family values are big with me in fact;
my thesis was titled “Strengthening Family Values.” This was so sad to
see. I was glad that the dads were
trying to spend some time with their kids. I have to admit, I have taken my
children to M.C. Donald’s and sat and watched them play in the play place all
by my self. However, what I saw there was just not right. This is an example of
what our country has come to. The divorce rate I have seen reported is as high
as 70%. In addition, church attendance is as low as 30%. We are going in the
wrong direction.
I have no magical answer for this, but I do know I have the
answer for it. We have to get America to turn back to God. If we would follow
God’s principals for marriage, the Mc Donald’s scene would not have been
happening. I am asking all my readers please pray for revival in their life and
for the life of this nation, otherwise our children may not have an America
when they are our age.
