Proverbs 13:13-14
Today laws are often scorned. We see it in
the recent spike of mob violence, sweeping through a store or a shopping area
stealing and vandalizing. Anarchy is no way to live. Society cannot continue to
exist if we allow anarchy to grow.
It seems that we are raising a generation
who are so spoiled that they think they can do what they want with no
consequences for either themselves or society. Their parents have shielded them
for responsibility and consequences. They are so concerned that their kids won’t
like them that they have failed to teach basic decency. Their kids run the
house.
And now with the invention of the credit
card and instant approval, adults can push off the consequences of their own
inability to pay. They hold at bay the rule, if you buy it you have to pay for
it.
And now there is a growing segment who think,
why should I work for it when it will just be given to me! They have lost the
value of work. I’m not saying that everyone who isn’t working falls into this
trap, but it can be easy to give up looking for work the longer you are
unsuccessful. Discouragement can take over. It is almost a slow death of the
self.
Anarchy leads to death, death of individuals
and death of a society. People need to be in societies where just laws exist
and they are enforced. We as human beings need limits to our behaviors. We need
fences, not so much to keep others out, but to keep ourselves restrained.
The 1960’s were a time when restraints were
lifted and we are paying the consequences of two generations of children raised
by those who dropped all boundaries. The professors in our universities
embraced this crazy philosophy and have been teaching all our young people this
very lesson. They teach that there are no rights and wrongs except what you
place on yourself. Everyone has the right to live any way they choose, except
of course if it steps on their freedom to do whatever they want to do.
We need to bring back respect for the rule
of law. Those who break the law need to pay for it. Those who keep the law need
to be rewarded.