09/04/18 WE REAP WHAT WE SOW
I spent most of my preteen years in the Miami and Los Angeles metro-complexes. By the time I was twelve years old I had traveled across the US at least 10 times; crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice (on the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth ocean liners); visited Mexico, Scotland, England, Wales. With all of that travel and cultural exposure, when we moved back to Morehead I was shocked at the godlessness among the men in the community of my birth. It was extremely rare to see MEN who attended church (unless they were old). Usually, if men did attend church they were not watermen. Mostly they did not even believe in God or the Bible, but those who had an idea of Christianity, mistakenly thought that being a good moral man and providing for the family was all that was necessary. This was taking a toll on the boys and young men of our area.
I was part of the first graduating class of West Carteret High School in 1965, and there were very few high schoolers who were serious believers and followers of Christ, and the ratio of males to females was very low. Things have changed over the years, but the years of spiritual famine robbed our community of men who could have, and maybe would have been strong soldiers in the Army of God. I know that this scenario fits other communities. However, as much as I knew about life in L.A. I was amazed at the sin in the youth of Morehead. Again, this comes back to the fact that most men considered God, church, the Bible, salvation to be something for children and old people. As Satan has attacked our community over the years, the ratio of ruined young people has been high, thanks to men who refused to be MEN OF GOD, which is what a real man is.
