Has this
very thing begun to happen? If we communicate with one another, we can find workable
solutions, but first we must identify each problem before we can solve it or even
know what to pray about!
The downfall
of a country – whether ours or anyone else’s – often occurs because of events
or actions such as these:
- Break down social structures.
- Keep people isolated.
- Make one person fearful of another – or at least suspicious.
- Stir up bigotry.
- Be firm in the belief that one shameful person represents the whole group.
- Spread unsubstantiated rumors and lies that illustrate a point, a purpose.
- Speak loudly so that one race, religion, culture, or age group cannot possibly hear those with differing views and circumstances.
- Operate only from emotion.
- Stop doing business with local merchants and agencies until closures and lay-offs occur. People with no work, no income, and no hope will have just causes to protest.
- Destroy historical reminders of important events that led to the shaping of a people, a nation. This will keep citizens from learning from mistakes, so they’ll be doomed to repeat them.
- Place self at the center of all actions and opinions.
- Never admit a mistake or confess a sin.
- Refuse to take responsibility for anything that contributed to misunderstandings and hatred.
- Pretend everything is just fine.
- Assume inconvenient laws don’t apply.
- Believe that kindness, courtesy, and empathy are for wimps.
- Become devoted to a fake god that entices followers with false promises of wealth and power, but actually has no power or anything worthwhile to give.
- Think of self as better and more powerful than other people – or, equally important, worse off than anyone else in the world.
As a
Christian, who embraces the Judeo-Christian Bible, I believe we’ll find answers
to each problem if we read our Bibles with an open mind and spirit, recognize ourselves
in the uncensored history of God’s people, and request the guidance,
forgiveness, and help of our Lord God, Who has the power to save and restore
all that’s lost.
©2020,
Mary Sayler
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