The Bottom of the Barrel

I probably shouldn't write this, but...what else is a blog for other than writing what you think about. So, here goes.

It's in the news, again. I am willing to admit that it might have been there all along and people just didn't hear about it because we didn't have CNN, Fox News, and other 24-hour news outlets, but I never heard so much about it before! Hear about what, you ask? Women doing brutal crimes.

Today, Fox is reporting about the murder of a "father, 28, [who] was found hanging by a yellow nylon rope from a second-floor banister... The children — girls ages 9, 4 and 1, and a 3-year-old boy — were found in beds completely covered with sheets and blankets pulled over their heads." From the article it appears that they are looking for the missing mother/wife as the chief suspect. Yesterday, the news reported on a woman who killed her husband by having him drink antifreeze (she was already in prison for killing another husband). The reports of children in our schools being molested recently has been, seemingly, all female teachers who have been having sex with young boys. So, how is that equality thing working out, ladies?

Now, don't get me wrong. I am all for women's equality. I believe passionately in it. I am in an institution that believes firmly in the equality of women and in the ordination of women in ministry. My wife is an ordained minister and the bread winner of the family. This is not a rant about the importance or meaning of equality. It is about the sad state of human affairs that we live in today. It used to be men that were violent and women that were nurturing. Granted, that was probably a stereotype, but it seemed to be true. Then came abortion on demand, lax attitudes toward "recreational" drug use, day care out of economic necessity for women to compete in the workforce, and feminist ideologies that say that women are equal to or superior to men in all things. Well, women have arrived. You are now just as depraved as men. Congratulations, you have found the bottom of the moral, ethical barrel. We men have been living down here a long time. We have grown accustomed to war, battles, depravity, sexual lusts, carnal ideas, and moral debasement. Don't worry, the longer you are all down here with us, the more comfortable you will become.

As a pastor I noticed that the very backbone of the church was women. They held the institution together. They flooded the choir, taught in the Sunday Schools, served on the committees, sang the solos, filled up the pews, and did most of the ministry and serving in and around the church. Men were relegated to being Ushers (why men have to do that I don't know) and serving on the Board of Trustees. Those were manly things to do! Now, I fear that the decreases in the life of the church are being felt not from men leaving the church, as they have done for the past half century, but now it is women leaving the church. Why? I fear they have found the basement and are living down were Eve has trod. As a society we are less tolerant of others, less nurturing, less patient with the shortcomings of others. As men, we have lost touch with our feminine side. And I fear that the women are getting more and more in touch with their masculine, debased side.

What does this all mean? It means that the Bible was right all along. It doesn't matter whether you are male or female - sin is an equal opportunity employer. Being spiritually "lost" is not a gender issue, it is a human issue. Equality of the sexes is not the point. Finding our true selves in Christ is. Ladies, I stand up for your rights! Now, please, help us all to stand up for what is right.

And all the men said, "Amen"!