I’ve been reading parts of the books of Jeremiah and Amos. Both scare me a bit as they largely reflect what’s happening in North America right now–corruption, social injustice, sloth, idolatry. It’s all very real and no one can deny it.
Politicians have stopped serving their people and now only work to benefit themselves. While their citizens starve, they continue to pad their paychecks for doing a whole lot of nothing.
Most of the clothes on the market are manufactured in sweat shops where the workers receive low pay and must deal with poor working conditions.
The poor are continually ignored and have no voice or means of getting help. The homeless don’t get a chance to get back on their feet because no one cares enough to help them.
Our culture tells us that the good life equates to sex, drugs (be it alcohol, heroine, or excessive amounts of mind-numbing television), and money, and yet the people who have all of those never seem to really be happy.
I feel like Canada and the United States represent Israel and Judah. While they may not constantly be at war with each other, tensions between the two governments obviously exist. Their cultures are nearly identical and both are spiraling downward into oblivion.
It’s going to take something huge before anything changes. I don’t know what it’s going to be and part of me is afraid to find out.