To continue a bit from tonight at AG....What does this come across as:

Matthew 9:17

"Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins.  If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined.  No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."  -NIV

This is a good portion of Jesus' response to John's disciples on why His disciples don't partake in fasting.  I can understand when He talks about not mouring over the bridegroom when he is still with them.  The bridegroom being Jesus. But what is this whole wineskin biz?  It doesn't seem to make the same connection as the bridegroom.

Currently Listening Mute Math By Mute Math Break the Same see related

I might have posted this before, but just incase I didn't....Here it is:

Sugar on the Pear

Oh contraire,

Don’t put sugar on the pear!

The taste is sweet and bountiful

Just like the sent of your hair

Listen to me twice

Just incase I forget some spice,

For the flavor of words on my voice

Because blandness can’t grant me attention

Unless I were to say it thrice

Call on the phone

Every time it has a different tone

No matter if you’re here or I’m alone

I can’t seem to get the best reception

I don’t even know why I still have a phone

Currently Listening When Everything Falls By Haste the Day When Everything Falls see related

I can see it comin' on the horizon
Sky turning black, it's raining down
Can't move my feet, cannot be shaken
Not movin', I'm standing so firm
I can't be moved
I will stand
I will stand
When everything falls away
I will fight this war forever or until I die
I will stand
I will stand
When everyone falls away
I will fight this war forever or until I die
All these things coming against me
I have the choice to fall or fight
I cannot be moved
You give me the strength
Help me fight, help me fight
I'm standing so firm
I can't be moved
I'm standing so firm
I can't be moved
I will stand
I will stand
When everything falls away
I will fight this war forever
Or until I die
I will stand
I will stand
When everyone falls away
I will fight this war forever
Or until I die
And I'm standing so firm
On this ground you've sat before me
I'll fight for this with my last breath
I'll fight for this till I die
I can't be moved

- Haste the Day

Where Has the Family Gone?

I might expand this later, but for now this is the extent of it...

Where has the idea of a family gone?  I can't tell you as much about in other countries, but here in America the idea of marriage has become a temporary thing.  50% of marriages in America end in a divorce (and the stats for the Christian marriage aren't much better, if at all).  It has been said that if we continue at this pace, eventually a marriage liscence will only be valid for one to two years and after that you would need to renew them to be considered valid.  Pretty much like the tags you buy for your pet, or the stickers you put on the back of your car.

Divorce is not the only side of this, the most evident other cause for the lack of family in America is the rate of out of wedlock births there are in America, which as of a couple years ago had reached 1/3 of all births recorded!  That means the other 2/3 are born into a family containing a full set of parents, but how many of those marriages are going to end in divorce later on? 

If this continues I will not be suprised to see a huge increase in the poverty level within the next 15-20 years.

What can we do?