Today In the US of A

Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of many

 will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end

 will be saved. (Matthew 24:12-13)

Welcome to today in the US of A.

Where sex is free and love is expensive. Where losing a phone is more painful than losing your virginity. Where modernization means nudity, profanity, surfing the web, and “what’s in it for me.” Where if you don't drink or smoke dope you're out of fashion, not in style. Where social media has replaced real relationships.

Where boys stay boys and never want to become men, and girls become men to rule over them. Where if you don't fool your partner it's because you're not clever enough. Where the bathrooms have become photography studios. Where pizza delivery is faster than the emergency response. Where people fear thieves and terrorists more than they fear God.

Where worshiping God is difficult. Where temples turn into dating pools. Where lies are expedient and deceptions become realities. Where ladies fear pregnancy more than HIV, and babies are murdered so women can escape. Where people become toxic when they speak the truth. Where political stances are more important to the Body of Christ than love, hope, and mercy.

Where perspectives and clothes decide the value of a person. Where money is more important than family and God. Where children are ready to leave their families for their love of the moment, rebellion and spite. Where pop stars are far more revered than statesmen or great leaders. Where education is liquid, where teaching the current social trends is more important than historical facts and important life skills.

Where love is a game. Where the marriage covenant is no longer sacred or taken seriously. Where 25^th and 50^th anniversaries are as archaic as the phone booth, or the horse and buggy. Where it's easier to play house than to build a home. Where jumping from partner to partner for sex or attention is easy and normal.

Where the concept of evil no longer exists, and sin is a forgotten concept. Where confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation are put on the shelf only to collect dust.

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.  (II Tim 3:1-4)

There's still hope in Jesus. Love and forgiveness, too.  Always. It's never, ever too late!

(Reposted form the internet, original source unknown, with some revisions by Dave Eymann)