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Take Back Your Family - Part 1

Does anyone care? Will anyone commit to standing up for decency? Yes, we as a society can set standards of decency. The majority can and should give up their complacent lifestyles and begin to demand changes. You can turn off your television and stop watching inappropriate programming. You can demand that school order be restored and that standards be enforced. You can restore order, but it must first start in your own home. Who is willing to take a stand?

I have coffee with friends at the local donut shop on occasion. On a Monday following an Easter Service weekend the subject of church attendance came up. Some had attended an Easter Service while others had not. I was in the last category. I gave up my parking space for someone who only attends once or twice a year. Big of me, wasn’t it. I call them friends even though I’m just a casual acquaintance to most of them. Most are there every day while I may go once a week. As a group they don’t believe this Jesus stuff.

They are all good people who still believe that America is the greatest country on earth but like me, they do not agree with changes that are taking place in America. I’m sure most are frightened or should I say disgusted, by the total lack of integrity and decency being exhibited by our political leaders and representatives. But, it’s not just the politicians who are at fault.

We as a society are equally at fault. We have condoned either by acceptance or inaction the changes being made. It started at the family level when we all became too busy to “be a family.” Working moms, dads, busy schedules, and the quest for bigger and better stuff slowly ate away at our souls. A little tolerance here and there was OK. A “damn” or “hell” said in jest over the airwaves harmed no one. A little revealing of the female anatomy harmed no one. Just a little more never hurt anyone. But “just a little” led to a little more that led to a little more, and now we have an epidemic of divorce, drug and alcohol addiction, morality and decency decay. Does anyone even care enough to take a stand and say enough is enough?

The vast majority of Americans are still moral and decent people. They have just lost their collective voice and need to gain it back. We can gain our country back, but first we must gain our families back. If you don’t know where to start, I would suggest you start with the six steps listed in Take Back Your Family - Part 2. If you are not willing, then live with the changing world and its violence.

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