Late night thoughts

Was just sittin here thinkin, I wonder if people really realize what a miracle it is that we are even here at all?
I don't know how religious everyone who reads this will be,( if anyone does read it) , BUT At one time this earth was void and empty. Then as it became a populated entity, Sin was so rampant that God destroyed most all of it.
Then he allowed it to be populated again. And the best I can tell it is such a sinful place now it is getting harder and harder to find the good in people. No I am not a pessimist. I am a true optimist, However, I am also a realist. See in our history we elected officials we trusted to lead us, and to make the best decisions for the majority of the people. Today it seems we elect the lesser of the evils. ( Sometimes) We used to know if we walked into a business that we could count on the product they sold us, and if there was a problem that it would be taken care of. If someone gave you their word, you could count on it as if it were signed in blood. We did not feel the need to lock our doors when we left home. We could trust the majority of the people we came into contact with to do their best to be a good person and to be good for their word, and fair. Our children trusted that their parents were teaching the morals and values that had been handed down for generations. Our friends were true friends. Having a friend turn on you was a very rare thing. Oh I know there has always been sin. And I know it has always been something people did behind closed doors as much as humanly possible. Today it seems to me there is no shame. I see things on the news I would never have dreamed possible in my lifetime. Parents teaching their children to shoplift in order to keep from being prosecuted themselves.  Parents lieing right in front of their children and then telling them it is wrong to lie. Setting that kind of double standard only sets out to confuse them and you can bet they are more likely to follow your example  and actions more than your words. The amount of nakedness in public that is accepted now is unreal. We can't talk about the Bible or pray in public without offending someone, yet we are supposed to openly accept others and their religions with little, or in some cases, no tolerance is reciprocated for the beliefs our nation was founded on. What happened to "We The People" What happened to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"? I wonder what our founding fathers would think of how we have "handled things". I think there would be great looks of disapproval. I think there would  be shame on the faces of our former leaders. I think we have no shame in the things that have happened because it was gradual. Each generation has let a little more slack in the rope of morals we were founded on. Now there is so much slack that it would be nigh impossible to pull her taut again. Honestly I think people today would not want it pulled taut.  It is easier to wallow in our sinful state than it is to "clean up" and be the nation God intended us to be. If I were able to start a revolution, it would not beso much  a religious revolution, but it would be one founded on good morals and values. Honesty and integrity. Love for self, love for others and love for country. The best I can do is post here and ask that when you read this you will pray. Pray for our leaders to make the right decisions. Pray that they will pray before making those decisions. Pray that our children do not grow up morally corrupt, and run rampant with all the "new ways" so much that they forget where we came from. Pray that family still means something in 100 years. Pray that salvation is still sought out and not thought to be an unnecessary or obtrusive way of living. Pray for one another. And pray that God will have Mercy on people and forgive our wicked ways, for we are only human and we are sinful creatures by nature.
Until next time.
God Bless You and
 God Bless America