I don’t think so much about the entire culture because it indeed does require vast amounts prayer. But with each encounter- say the television show you thought would be ‘ok’, or being bombarded with the immodest dress that people display everyday, hearing or seeing lewd activities—-this doesn’t so much disgust me as much as it makes me feel great compassion for the ‘offenders’. For truly they must not be aware of how very much their Heavenly Father loves them. If a person realizes that they are a new creation in Christ Jesus they would just feel so special that they would not even consider activities that demean themselves……..they are precious lambs lost in the cold darkness and we need to help ‘shepherd’ them home.

Okay, perhaps my term ‘new creation’ was incorrect. What I meant was more in line with Berrycat’s description that all children are created by God, and all are precious. That those engaging in destructive activities are lost in the darkness

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I suppose we could debate about those who see the light but purposely shun it. Yet I really believe that many somehow just do not understand how very much God loves them.

From what I have experienced, it is when a person realizes, experiences, or is suddenly overwhelmed with the knowledge that they are loved so much,–this is when they make a turning point in their life.

There is a popular Christian song out now by Casting Crowns. Some of the lyrics ask, ” If we are the Body why aren’t His arms reaching? If we are the Body, why aren’t His Feet going?” The song illustrates that God indeed has everlasting love for His creation—-but He needs us to help deliver it here on earth. My view is that when we fail to be The Body of Christ, then we fail those that most need His Love and Mercy.

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