Jesus tells us that in the last days, horrible things will take place. He says: “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold…” (Matt 24:12). One test for the last days is the LOVE TEST. Jesus recognized that their will be an increase in wickedness… we see that today. America alone has aborted over 50 million babies since 1973. We have caused childhood trauma for a large portion of the childen growing up in our culture. This trauma has devastated the family and until this is “fixed” America will continue its slide down the path to “NO-HOPE.”
Childhood trauma is the greatest threat to America today, since it is destroying the HOPE of our future generation. It is the cause of our slide in the Educational rankings in the world. In the latest “World Top 20 Project,” America ranks 26th, behind such nations as Russia, Hong Kong, Estonia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Cyprus, China, Poland, and Saudi Arabia.
I believe Childhood Trauma is the underlying cause of disrespect in the families, drug and alcohol addiction, homelessness and poverty in general, and lost of hope for many, to name just the major ones.
However, the biggest challenge Christians face are none of these; it is whether our Agape Love will grow cold when our family members fall into addiction, poverty, and live out disrespect in their lives. Will our Agape Love grow cold? Sadly Jesus tells us yes it will. I pray he’s not talking about you.