I’m thinking back, way back to the time when there was no electricity. I don’t think I ever thought such a thing could be real!

I thought about electricity quite a bit when I heard on TV that our electrical grid is not particularly safe from terrorists tearing it down. I thought, “Well, we’d go back to the way we had it in Northern Minnesota. That would be nice!”

It was a quieter life. Only oil lamps to do my homework by. And we had no modern bathrooms, only those cold outhouses and the Sears Roebuck catalog. We had horse drawn school buses and the horses stayed at a barn at our house. We had to make our own music and we were lucky there because my dad played the piano. Otherwise, we had to wind up our victrola to listen to music. It never sounded good. We walked everywhere, in snow or rain. We had a car but it had only flapping canvas windows so it was cold in cold weather. We had to carry all our water from the town pump. That was especially hard whenever it was bath time or time to wash clothes. Often we took our baths in rinse tubs after using the tubs for washing clothes. And of course, heat came from wood or coal.

I liked it, I think it was because we didn’t know things could be different even though the cities in America had electricity at that time. However I really think I liked it because families were much closer those days. The churches were open all day and people came there just to visit. If one family had a problem they didn’t suffer alone. Their friends were there with them.

But, could we even live without electricity these days. I think not. Folks are so engulfed in their tablets or cell phones, they have no time to visit and everything is done for them, like microwave ovens, dishwashers and clothes washers and dryers. I don’t even like to think about economy! We would be devastated. So I guess we have to take it as it comes, don’t you think? We will have to pray that terrorists don’t know how to mess with our  electricity.

 

 

America isn’t what it used to be, is it? I was thinking today about people born in the eighties or nineties. Why, they are in their thirties now and have no idea how things used to be! And, these kids will be running our country soon! They don’t know anything except abortion is lawful, Christmas Carols and creches are illegal in schools. Prayers and the Bible are illegal in schools. The ten commandments cannot be displayed anywhere.Gay marriages are legal and pastors cannot preach against homosexuality even though the Bible says it is a sin. Boy, that is a list isn’t it?

And, we are to blame! That is the truth. We have watched things grow worse day by day and year by year without thinking anything about it. Oh, we talked about it in groups but we didn’t stand up against it by calling our representatives or voting. Sometimes we forgot to vote at all. It wouldn’t be strange at all if God judges America, would it?

When I was a kid, God and Jesus were talked about in nearly every conversation. The stores were closed each Sunday. About the only thing open were the churches. We never heard about homosexuality and our schools had Bible readings and prayer every day. Christmas was really Christmas everywhere. The flag was important to everyone. Sure, there were people who didn’t live that way but they were in the minority.

It isn’t too late. God has still given us the good life. Although many of our freedoms have been taken away, we still have some. Let’s band together with our neighbors and friends and make some changes in our country. How about it?