Paradox of our Time

A friend of mine posted the following article on Facebook today and though it was credited to the late comedian George Carlin, (it was actually written by Dr. Bob Moorehead, former pastor of Seattle-based Overtake ChristianChurch)  I thought it was worthy of repeating:


"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. 

We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.  We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; 

We have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness. 

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. 

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. 

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. 

We've conquered outer space, but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. 

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've split the atom, but not our prejudice. 

We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. 

We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication. 

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. 

These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition. 

These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. 

These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet, to kill".



The Bible says this: 


2Ti 3:1-5  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.  2  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,  3  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,  4  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;  5  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.


No doubt, we are living in troublous days. I remember when I was a child, children walked to school without fear of kidnap. And when we arrived at school, we played with our friends. We didn't shoot them.  We went to supermarkets, malls, ball-parks, and theaters and nobody ever thought for a moment that someone would try to kill them.


We are living in a time when men's hearts are filled with fear, and hatred.


So what should we, as believers , be doing? 



Tit 2:13-14  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;  14  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.