What's Wrong With America?

This is another blog I wrote back on July 6th. I'd had an "interesting" experience at Magic Springs, and it inspired me to share my thoughts. Blessings - blake

What’s Wrong with America? Oh golly, have I heard this question a thousand times over the past few days. I guess there's something about America's birthday that motivates people to try to decide what's worst about our amazing country - instead of the plethoria of things we have to be thankful for. Oh well - I guess I will throw my "answer" in the hat since we're on the subject. So, what is wrong with America?Everybody seems to know - and I can't help but disagree with just about all of them. First of all, it's not Democrats or Republicans, or Independents either for that matter. If you honestly think that America's moral slip can be laid at the feet of a political party you have a terrible misunderstanding of what our deepest problems are. See, the United States of America's biggest problem isn't welfare, social security reform, pork barrel spending, or even immigration (surprise, surprise). It's the devastating decline in the moral climate of our land - that's the problem. So who's to blame for it?Well, I've certainly heard my share of blame thrown around, that's for sure. And those of us in the "Christian circles" seem to be some of the best at throwing that blame. So is it the homosexual couples that are getting "married" in California or MA? Is it the so called "women's rights" activitists, protesting for a woman's right to kill her baby? Or is it the so extremely anti-immigration crowd that's ready to post machine guns at the border to shoot and kill anyone trying to get to this land of opportunity? Nah. I'm not at all saying those things aren't symptoms of the problem - they are. But the problem itself is far more dangerous.You see, I believe the weakness that America has happens to be its Christians...or should I say, its "Christians." We've become far too lukewarm to be the salt and light that Christ called us to be. While our nation has slipped into one that openly accepts such wicked and immoral things as everyday, we've been too busy fighting. And no, we've not been fighting the enemy - we've been fighting each other. And the topics of our fights - they're even more laughable.Do you have any idea how many churches have actually split over the color of carpet in a new or remodeled building, music style, or even "hurt feelings?" Here we are, the Church of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and we can't even love each other enough to oversee tiny differences. A reminder of just how sad this has gotten came yesterday at Magic Springs. A fellow with a blatantly "Christian" t-shirt stood in front of me in line and talked to a theme park employee like they were a 50cent dog. And do you want to know what it was over? Well, to his credit - there were actually two issues. The first - the ceiling fans weren't on. After finding out that they were broken, he quickly offered his "christian-brotherly" advice - "Ever heard of an electrician???" Nevermind that those teenagers working that ride aren't exactly the theme parks reps that would make that call - he vented nonetheless. Oh, and the other issue: this young lady's superiors had shut down the ride and they were taking out their frustrations on her, as if it were her fault. I think it's slightly ironic what the ride was shut down for - lightning. To be honest, I was slightly concerned it might strike that man - and I was close enough to be shocked myself.Our lives are no different than the lost world around us. We cuss like the unsaved, we drink like the unsaved, we have sex outside of marriage like the unsaved, we smoke like the unsaved, we party like the unsaved, and we treat people like steaming piles of poo like the unsaved. And in the midst of all this - we ask ourselves the question: what's wrong with America? I can tell you what's wrong with America - us.Tomorrow: What's right with America?