Grace Point! July 2015 | Page 58

petals of wisdom, hope, inspiration, and truth by Keitha Parton Changing World Recently, there has been many upsetting decisions made by the American government that make me shake my head in complete and utter disbelief. I realize that I am but a mere person, and do not fully understand all the ins and outs of the political scene, but from a Christian standpoint and from a Biblical reference, it should be apparent to not only me, but the rest of society, that the world is changing, and not necessarily in a good way. Maybe we in America have gotten spoiled somewhere along the way, and are just now being faced with the harsh reality that the Christian faith is not only being slowly eradicated, but also held in the utmost disdain. It has been supposed that the United States is changing into a “secular country,” and that there is a discord between “man’s laws and God’s laws.” It has also been purported that our current president has loosed a “war on religion.” If we look at the violence toward Christians around the world today, the apparent answer would seem to be no…or would it? Certainly here in America we don’t suffer religious persecution to the extent of lives lost and brutality, but we are seeing what I fear to be the beginning stages of those mere acts of intolerance starting to form. 58