My Facebook feed is being flooded with responses to the Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage.  There is outrage over the blatant disregard for God and His authority. As Creator of marriage itself, He alone has the authority to determine what marriage is and who can participate in it.

I am saddened that there are those who do not believe in God.  I am saddened that there are those who say they do believe in God but do not do what He says.  I am saddened that there are those who have chosen to live their lives unto themselves, following their own desires, following the god who is themselves.  I’m seeing many say that this is the decision that will cause our country to collapse but I don’t think that is the case.  The decision that is going to bring this country down happened 40 years ago when our courts began to issue “no fault” divorce.

As long as God’s design for marriage was honored in our courts, our families remained strong.  When our families are strong, our children grow up secure in who they are and who God is, what society expects from them and what they can expect from society.  When divorce became such an easy option, our families began to crumble.   As the parents fed their own selfish desires, the children were the victims.  The children were the ones whose worlds turned upside down and whose security crumbled.  The children, we were told, are resilient.  They can handle any issues that might arise when their family falls apart.  That was wrong. The children were traumatized and had to learn to cope the best they could with the new situation they were now in.  The children lost their moral compass.  Confusion about the natural, God given roles and responsibilities of men and women began to arise.

Why should we be surprised when, without God’s plan for the family intact to guide their way, our children commit horrific crimes on each other and on their families?  Why should we be surprised when our children, who have been traumatized by the separation and even complete abandonment of their parents, do not understand who they are and thus experiment with all forms of illicit behavior in the hope of finding the acceptance they could not find in their broken homes?  Why should we be surprised when those who choose to turn their backs on God’s plan for marriage lead the way in taking Him out of their lives, their children’s lives and demand that He be taken out of every aspect of all our lives?  The Supreme Court decision today is just an extension of what was begun decades ago when we chose to ignore God’s will for marriage and preferred to look to ourselves for wisdom.

What can we do?  The damage that has been done seems impossible to repair.  It is such a monumental mess that we’ve gotten ourselves into that there is only one option.  We must turn back to God.  Humbly plead with Him to forgive us of our evil ways and beg His guidance in restoring order in our nation.  We must be strong and courageous enough to stand up and proclaim God is our hope, our Lord, our King even in the face of  physical, mental and social punishment.  We must allow the world to see God’s glory through our calm, patient, meek and loving actions.  It’s easy to join the crowd, waving banners and shouting slogans.  It’s much more difficult to live a life that is pleasing to God, to bravely share God’s word with our friends and neighbors on a one on one basis, to do what is right when everyone around us is mocking it as foolishness.

Here are some words from God that friends of mine are sharing on Facebook today:

“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,  nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.” 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

“But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men. ” Acts 5:29

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“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14

“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” James 4:8

“The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.”  Psalm 14:1

“The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.
Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known. Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.”  Proverbs 14:32-34

“So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.  But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.  Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.  So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,  but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.”  Matthew 10:26-33

“ And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made  them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’  and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?  So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”” Matthew 19:4-6

“Professing to be wise, they became fools,and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.” Romans 1:22-32