My Daily Musing

   Yesterday morning, as indeed most every morning, I was watching "Morning Joe" to get a fair share of the news as well as "all things politic."
   During the program, they were talking about a legislator that was in huge trouble in the national media. They then brought up the "confidence level" of Americans in a number of things. They reported that the confidence level of Americans in regard to Congress was only 11%.
   At the top of the list was "The Military" as 60%.
   Next highest was, "Church" at 48%.
   Forty-eight percent?
   That's all?
   We have much more confidence in the military than in church/organized religion?
   That is quite sad.
   Even sadder is that I believe it is an accurate report.
   When did so many people leave church and organized religion behind?
   I meet more and more people nowadays who have nothing to do with church. They do not believe in religion. They do, however, claim to be "spiritual" people.
   That is most certainly the easy way out.
   "Spiritual" implies some kind of leaning toward faith but not enough to embrace any kind of obligations of faith or religion.
   This watered-down spirituality is a reflection of the watered-down version of morality in so many people today.
   Remember when we used to hear the word moral associated with a person and we would hold that person in high esteem because they were trying to achieve a high, lofty, pure goal?
   Nowadays, "moral" means more like "I didn't get caught."
   I am sure that prophets and religious leaders through the ages have all decried their age as being the "worst." But honestly, can we go much lower? Maybe we have finally come to the worst.
   All that being the case, it is up to you and me today to show the world that our faith is special and to embrace the ideals of our religion, our Church. Let's see if we can bump that 48% higher by our examples!