Rotten to the Core

I saw a picture of a tree about to be chopped down.  The comment underneath the picture said, "It is rotten to the core."  It caused me to think about problems that are bigger than trees.   Everywhere we turn these days, there is dysfunction and confusion.  Our culture no longer seems to be anchored to unchangeable core values, but instead, is constantly being swayed to embrace a changing set of mores.  We see a reflection of this in our churches, our political processes, and even in the most integral of all institutions which is the family.    

As I watch the unfolding of all these changes, I have come to a place of being convinced that the core issue facing us is not a sociological one, but a spiritual one.  More and more we are losing our basic spiritual mooring.  We have forsaken the absolutes for the variables.  There was a time when it seemed that some great spiritual revival was needed, but I have come to a place of believing that "revival" is too weak a word.  What is needed is not just a spiritual revival, but a spiritual revolution.    

Of course, such conclusions are based on an assumption that the critical problem in our churches, our political world, and even in our homes is a spiritual issue.  It is a spiritual issue because we are slowly but surely losing our sense of connection to the Creation, to one another, and to the Creator God who spoke it all into being. We have wandered a long way from our roots.  Hopefully, there is time in God's plan for us to return.