Are You Ready?
Ready for what? You might ask. This is a loaded question in this format. If you were planning to go to the mall or the beach, you would know exactly what to be ready for. For the purpose of discussion, We’d need more information to be able to answer the question.
The US has been in decline for a number of years. Depending on your perspective, it may have started in 1963, when prayer was removed from government schools. The prayer, recited by millions of students, went something like this, “God bless us, our teachers, our parents and our country.” That’s it, a simple plea for goodness.
The major transgressions in high school in those days before 1963 were: talking out of turn, chewing gum, running in the halls. Todays list: drug abuse, unwed pregnancy, violent bullying and rape are examples of a moral perspective reversal.
Perhaps you look at economics. Our gross domestic product is down, unemployment is up, more people have left the work force that have entered it and we have a national debt of just over 17,000,000,000,000,000. A new statistic out this week stated that 4 out of 5 people in the USA are unemployed or underemployed and receiving some form of assistance. This is insurmountable. Social Security is technically bankrupt. Medicaid is presently unsustainable and increases tied to Obamacare will drive the final nail into our economic coffin.
Our children are more indoctrinated than educated. They are told what to think instead of how to think, reason, analyze, innovate, problem solve and contemplate. Common Core removes classic literature and replaces it with propaganda similar to that of Joseph Goebbles. Speeches and ceremonies are strictly confined to the collective view and individual exceptionalism is discouraged.
Government education is run by unions and driven by a distant government. The parents and teachers on the front lines are bound by dictates they did not choose for their own children. Data gathering is in full swing on every student and every member of their household. Some schools have replaced hall passes and installed retina scans to track the students in the near future. Freedom is a mere perception.
Perhaps the decline began in earnest in 1973. Our population is aging out. The US population has legally killed more than 50,000,000 children surgically. That sounds so clean, but really, it means we tore them apart and pulled them out of the womb, using surgical instruments for the sole purpose of saving the mother’s life, so she can do it again, if she wants for any reason at any time. Then there is chemical abortion, which is incalculable. 30,000 Older US Americans are leaving the workforce every month? This is of course and estimate, but clearly we cannot replace them and many of them will need eldercare. Youthful, innovative ideas from US are becoming rare. Age is one aspect, regulation is another factor.
Taxes are draining the life out of many people . Most people who work, will work from January 1st to May 30th for the government. Motivation is sapped from our people. Close to 47% of people don’t work or work less and collect the benefits of those who do. The scale will tip at some point soon and the listless will not be able to carry the rest. Productivity and work ethic must be rewarded or it dies too.
This recent course has undetermined consequences, but anecdotal evidence suggests that increases in allergies, intolerances to foods, obesity, chronic illness, autism spectrum disorders and Diabetes could be the tip of the iceberg. America’s health is not optimal as it relates to longevity.
Our food supplies are controlled by a few. Huge conglomerates and Monsanto control most of our food. The local grower is rare and regulated by big government. Most people eat foods from very far away, depending on trucking, infrastructure and fossil fuels. There have even been a few cases of local producers being punished for breaching regulations or giving foods away. Our dependance is staggering.
Back to my original question: Are you ready? We cannot even imagine what to be ready for. Will chaos ensue? Will martial law confine us to our homes? Will new economic system require us to submit even more just to eat? Will money become obsolete? Will people become enslaved or rebel? Will lawlessness cover the earth?
This one thing I know. I am ready. I may not have the things I need to live here on earth, but when I die, I am ready to meet my Maker. I believe the Bible: that Jesus came to earth as a man to redeem me from the law of sin and death. He paid for me.
I try to follow the New Covenant teachings of love your neighbor, be generous, be kind, forgiving and serve others. I choose to live a life of denying my selfishness and doing my best to be excellent in everything I do, as I work for the King of kings.
I don’t have all the answers, but what do you think, how do we prepare?