Who are we?

I have read a lot of articles and blogs lately trying to pick out the story that best fits this blog and what it is trying to teach. There are so many out there. There is the stem cell research issue added to the abortion clinics. There are the gay marriage stories and the divorce rate of our nation. There is the fight against evolutionist and creationist and finding out what should be taught in our schools. All of which will be touched on regularly on this blog....

But what I'm coming to realize is that all of these things have one thing in common. The disintegration of our country's moral standards.

stan·dard

1. A flag, banner, or ensign, especially:
   1. The ensign of a chief of state, nation, or city.
   2. A long, tapering flag bearing heraldic devices distinctive of a person or corporation.
   3. An emblem or flag of an army, raised on a pole to indicate the rallying point in battle.
   4. The colors of a mounted or motorized military unit.
2. 1. An acknowledged measure of comparison for quantitative or qualitative value; a criterion.
   2. An object that under specified conditions defines, represents, or records the magnitude of a unit.
3. The set proportion by weight of gold or silver to alloy metal prescribed for use in coinage.
4. The commodity or commodities used to back a monetary system.
5. Something, such as a practice or a product, that is widely recognized or employed, especially because of its excellence.

Standards are the flags we hold up high that everyone recognizes and rallies around. They are our symbol of excellence. But where is our excellence now? We kill babies before they have a chance to breathe on their own. Those children that are given the right to be born are then told that they mean nothing. They're told that they were the product of an accident billions of years ago with no purpose or plan. They then grow up with an inner belief that because there was no plan then there really are no rules. Choose whatever lifestyle you want if it feels right to you because nothing really matters anyway so you might as well enjoy it while it lasts. Then we wonder why our kids are making the choices they are and becoming the adults that then make it harder for a standard to be put in place.

AnswersInGenesis was pointing out what their true purpose is today and said this:

As we often remind visitors to this website and in other places, Christians need to understand that fighting evolution in public schools is actually the same kind of battle as fighting abortion, “gay” marriage, etc. These social ills are merely symptoms of a change that has occurred in our society: a lack of belief in God’s Word as the absolute authority (as opposed to human opinions as the authority). .... That conclusion helps drive AiG’s desire to equip Christians to restore biblical truths in the culture as a whole and see the secular worldview diminished. Such a grassroots approach is the way we are proceeding in order to see the culture changed.

The Bible is really the standard on which this country was founded. In it we are told those things that are good and will prosper our lives as well as those things that are bad and will diminish our lives.

The creator knows his creation. A butter knife was never meant to be a screwdriver though it can be used for one and damaged in the process. A credit card was never meant to be used as a lockpick though it comes in handy to have, but, once again, is usually ruined in the process. The point is we should allow our creator to lovingly show us how we were created and in what ways we will be fulfilled rather than trying to break his standard and be ruined in the process.

Jeremiah 29:11 (New Living Translation)
For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

So let me ask - who are you? Do you know? Why not read God's Word and let him show you his love and his plan for your life. Afterall, who would know us better than the one who created us. God bless you.