The other day my wife was working on a dress of our granddaughter’s. It is a nice garment and some alterations were necessary. As she labored over her sewing machine, it struck me that she was engaged in a rapidly disappearing art. She learned to sew in, what was known then, home etc. It was a class to teach the kids (mostly all girls) about how to be a self-reliant home maker.

There are a number of skills that are being lost today. Some are fading out because technology has replaced it. Some because there is no longer a use for them and still others, because we have become so affluent there is no need for them any longer, or we do not have the time.

But, there is something that will never fade away and that is our need for God. There are attempts being made to totally remove God from every facet of life in America. The result is our sinking into barbarism. We have abortions totaling some 58,586,256 from 1973-2012. Shootings have escalated, single parent homes, and a host of other issues. All this is a reminder that when a nation turns inward and away from God, chaos erupts. Let’s put God back in our lives, and we will marvel at how God can change things.

Norm Russell,  http://www.churchofchristnb.com – email: nbcoc@hotmail.com