“WHERE DID IT ALL BEGIN?”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 786

May 5, 2026///

As I was going through some things at home, I came across this article and felt it was worth sharing. Think about it and ask God what you can do to effect change!

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“WHERE DID IT ALL BEGIN?

Let’s see, I think it started when Madeline Murry O’Hare complained she didn’t want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible that says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be wrapped and we might damage their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what he’s talking about, so we won’t spank them anymore.

Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said, no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don’t want any bad publicity, and we surely don’t want to be sued. And we accepted their reasoning.

Then someone said, let’s let out daughters have abortions if they want, and they won’t even have to tell their parents. And we said, that’s a grand idea.

Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they’re going to do it anyway, let’s give our sons all the condoms they want, so they can have all they fun they desire, and we won’t have to tell their parents they got them at school And we said, that’s another great idea.

And then someone said let’s print magazines with nude pictures and call it wholesome down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body. And we said we have no problem with that.

And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them available on the internet. And we said they’re entitled to their free speech.

And the entertainment industry said, let’s make TV shows and movies that prompt profanity, violence, and illicit sex. And let’s make ones that encourage rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it’s just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.

Therefore, now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, it we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with….”WE REAP WHAT WE SOW!

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As you read this you may have been thinking you did not agree to all this. You may not have been born. But remember the famous saying:

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” 

We cannot roll back time and change the past, but we can follow God’s direction and spread the good news that changes hearts and changed hearts, will change our world!

We may not have a platform to speak to crowds about the truth of Jesus Christ and God’s Love, but we can pray for those who do and share with those we are around as we allow Jesus to flow through us!

May we not get so wrapped up in our world of us and no more and forget that we can do something. On our knees we are a powerful force against evil and for bringing God’s Kingdom to earth! And when we love like Jesus loves it has eternal significance!

No, we cannot change the past, but we can surely affect the future! Will you join me in the prayer: “Jesus use me!”

Ephesians 2:10 (KJV) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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Father, in Jesus’ name I come! Forgive us when we get wrapped up in our own lives and let evil abound. Show each of us how to pray, to reach out, to speak out in our homes, workplaces, schools, neighborhoods, cities, and states. Help each of us to live with eternal values! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!