I can see why Lot was vexed daily in Sodom as he endured the evil of the people all around him. Perhaps we are watching the return of this very mentality in our culture, while enduring that which we would like to be freed.
I had to share this! This is what has become of our culture because of the teaching of self esteem. People are fearful of speaking boldly against sin. The reason I have been put out of the lives of my children and their spouses, is because I have spoken boldly when they have been rude. All one has to do is call a rude person on one thing and you have their contempt for the rest of your life.
I prefer to speak truth and be free of contemptuous people, being alone seems preferable to being treated badly. Thankfully I have no need of people, I love them, but Christ is my fulfillment. If my choice is to have nothing but rude people or to have no people at all, I will choose no people.
Thankfully that is not my only choice. I have come in contact with lovely, kind and caring people over the years, they are welcome, the evil contemptuous and rebellious types, can keep moving past me.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Celeste Ruppelt wrote this to show us what has happened to our culture in America.
"Conversation at Dinner this evening with the diner at the next table. She's a educational trainer; she does PD sessions for teachers, and travels across several states doing this. Despite her claim that she's has been doing this for more than 45 years, you'd never tell it by looking at her. She's professional, well-spoken, well-dressed, and nicely groomed. She trains teachers, so not much fazes her, but yesterday she was walking in the halls of an elementary school. A SIX year old boy came up behind her, bumped into her and said, 'Get out of my way, you old hag'.
How have we allowed our youth to become this way? In my day, I'd not have survived to speak another word. Not even an apology fixes this gross rudeness to an adult."
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