Detoxing

It hasn't been mentioned on the news, but multiple media sites and friends have posted that California has passed a law legalizing child prostitution.  I can't get it off my mind, especially since some people on Facebook think it's a good choice. Talk about giving a drowning child an anchor! They don't think children should be in jail.  Neither do I, but legalizing child prostitution is far more destructive to the child.  When I mentioned my distress to my pastor, he suggested I follow Pastor Erwin Lutzer's advice and take a three day detox from media.  Excellent idea.  I cannot change California.  I cannot stop this law.  I find it reprehensible and worse, to me, are those who see good in it.



My husband grew up very close to the California - Mexico border and was able to spend a great deal of time in Mexico. Back then, it was common for children to be sent to the streets to make money for the family.  Isn't that special? Don't think it will happen here? Don't kid yourself. Evil is evil, no matter where it happens and no matter who does it. And it feeds on weakness disguised as compassion.

There was a time when we protected out children. I happen to have two of the finest sons I could ever have asked for.  Yes, I protected them when I felt it was necessary, but I also prepared them for a world that would do anything to destroy them.  I would tell them they were too good looking and too smart to every expect anyone to feel sorry for them, but they weren't born with a silver spoon in their mouths, so anything they wanted in life, they'd have to earn.  Earn they have.  They also paid penalties for wrong doing.  Even when they thought they had a good excuse. So, what's my point about protection and prostitution? So many parents have gone far beyond protecting their children to pampering them and they really aren't prepared for the harsh realities of the world.  Hence snowflakes.

Now the pendulum has swung the other direction. Now we want our children to be rich and we don't care how they get that way.  Unfortunately, there's an even darker side.  Just this morning, I said that the law was passed because guilty people don't want to go to jail for such a heinous crime.  Stories are rife about twelve year old girls being given to directors and producers just to make sure they'd be hired.  Perverts and degenerates seem to be more rampant in Hollywood, but they're everywhere. Roman Polanski fled this country many years ago because he faced charges of molesting a twelve year old.

I'm not saying all child prostitutes in Hollywood were sent to those mean streets or casting couches by their parents. Many do it to pay for the drugs they're hooked on.  Some are runaways.  All are abused no matter the reason they're there. Legitimizing that abuse is despicable.

A favorite historian of mine has written about the early church after the ascension of Jesus.  The Apostle John lived in Ephesus, the most immoral city of that day. In the book, the author claims that young boys wore shirts that barely covered the buttocks, for the sole purpose of servicing men on the streets!  Get ready.  It's coming. As a Christian, I'm appalled and revolted by the very thought of such things going on and I certainly don't want to witness it. But, God put me on this earth at this time. If He gave the Apostle John the grace to not only endure but be a witness to a degenerate city, then He'll provide the grace I need to do the same.  I just need to seek Him and obey Him.  Hence, the detoxing.

By the way, when the homosexual law was passed some time back, a black pastor was interviewed on the Glen Beck show by Beck's associates.  He mentioned "bottomless pants" and the associates made jokes about that statement for the rest of the program.  Little did they know the pastor knew what he was talking about.  They did not.  It's no laughing matter.

Now, to the detoxing.  As of tomorrow morning, my TV, my laptop, and anything else to do with electronic media will be off for three days.  I need to restore and refresh my spirit to sanity.  As I said, I have no clout.  Nothing I do or say will change anyone's mind.  That would be about like me convincing Chuck Schumer et.al. that their scorched earth policy is about as helpful to solving America's problems as making it legal for a grown man to molest a child.

How far we've fallen.  It's been less than three years since the public outcry against the oldest Dugger boy fondling his sisters while they slept was so loud, so long, the family has been in tatters ever since.  I'm not applauding Dugger in any way.  What he did then and later as an adult was despicable. The way things are going, in ten years, he'll get a medal.  Scratch that.  He claims to be a Christian.

What I am saying America is no longer on a downward spiral.  It's a rapid, willful descent into hell. Genesis 6:5 says, "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Sound familiar?

When Trump won the election, I honestly believed God was merciful and giving America another chance to repent of our sin and perhaps have a reprieve from the destruction that is headed our way. Now, I have to wonder if America is going down because of the divisiveness.  Obama is staying in Washington to protect his legacy.  Schumer has promised to fight Trump every step of the way.  Harry Reid brags about being a liar. The media continues to promote their rhetoric.  I have no doubt America is going down.  I just don't know when.

I say again, I can't do a thing about it.  Except detox.  Several years ago a church we attended had several prayer vigils for a building project.  One of them was to do a lenten fast of something.  I gave up TV for 6 weeks.  It was fabulous.  About the only night time TV program I watch anymore is NCIS.  I gave them up for 5 months.  Again, it was a wonderful experience.  Therefore, I'm looking forward to 3 days unplugged.  Obama, Schumer, California, or any news making degenerate will not be on my mind.  It will be 3 days with Jesus and Jesus only.

Till then.