A Changing World

       

            I was reading a news headline recently about a girl who overdosed on heroin.  The mother was writing that her daughter was not a “junkie.”  She was a professional—a law student who tried it once as an undergraduate and swore she’d never do it again.  But the drugs have an addictive power that rules over common sense or desire.  Ten years after that first “try” she overdosed. 

            Our world is changing so fast it makes our heads spin.  There are so many ‘undefined evils’ around us, it’s scary! As I write the word ‘scary’ I couldn’t help but sigh.  We are almost on Halloween.  The one day of the year everyone, even those who don’t believe in the occult will dress up in all sorts of costumes to ‘trick or treat.’

            I remember as a little girl wearing a decorated, brown paper bag over my head for the event.  We didn’t have any other costumes but that worked!  My sister and I with parents in tow, went into our community and collected Halloween candy, and it was fun!  Now the holiday isn’t always fun.  There are those who would choose to use it to trick instead of treat, and the tricks can be cruel.  The costumes aren’t always the fun super heroes, but horrible monster ones that creep me out even as an adult!

            As parents the last thing we want is our children to get involved in drugs.  The mom of the young woman I read about above mentioned that as parents they were not involved in drugs, and tried to do ‘all the right things’ in raising their daughter.  They were the parents who went to all the sports events she was involved in, encouraged her in academics and supported her decisions regarding her future.  Yet, somehow, the world’s evils still stole their precious little girl.

            No one is exempt from the claws of satan.  He and all his demons are all around us in all types of guises.  He’s the master deceiver and uses every ploy imaginable to steal our children.  As I view young people totally engrossed in video games that kill and destroy everything around them in order to conquer, I shiver!  But the music that plays over the radio waves and TV shows or movies frighten me even more.  

            Back ‘in the day’ even when someone was killed, they didn’t show all the gore and such that goes with that.  Our TV shows are much more reality driven!  They ramp up the gore to make it more engaging, but even our news broadcasts often will display graphics of these kinds.  It seems to be the ‘thing’ that increases ratings!  

            On top of all this is how the ‘occult world’ is penetrating our lives all around, even into our elementary schools as mentioned in a previous blog.  I believe it’s a real truth that our world is spiraling out of control!  A friend said recently, “We’re living in Revelation!”  She’s right.  Christ will be coming back soon.  The signs get clearer and clearer.  How much more will He allow before he says “Enough!” And as in the days of Noah, make it all come to an end?  I believe it’s going to be soon.