Society in Decay 

   “It has always been the characteristic of a generation in decay to paint the gates of Hell with the gold of Paradise.”  (Fulton Sheen) 

   We live in a society in decay, destroying itself from within.  Everything held dear by those who believe in God is under attack.  Even in the churches, abominations before the Lord are commonplace.  Morality has taken a second, or even third, place to the desires of a sinful society.

   A review of history will show that numerous societies have come and gone over the years.  Many had turned from any worship of God to the worship of earthly joys and pleasures as a prelude to their demise.  God will tolerate blatant wickedness for only so long. 

   Sodom and Gomorrah had become so perverse that it was beyond reclamation, a society that had become an abomination before God.  As a result, it was destroyed, never to rise again.

   Our society today is not much different than that of Sodom and Gomorrah.  Spiritual truths and wisdom have been rejected to satisfy the whims of evil people.  Those who resist are attacked verbally, and even physically, to shut them up.  Even our government has become a persecutor of the faithful.

   Are we, like past societies, on the verge of destruction?  If history is any example we may well be.  I pray it’s not too late, but it’s getting very close.  I believe that we have precious little time left to return to morality and civility in our society if we are to survive.  If not, this nation, like many before it, will disappear into history, another great society destroyed by the evil within it.