The Absence of Shame

I was listening to NPR on Friday and heard a phrase I had not heard in a long time. The phrase was " shame on you". An almost unheard of thing in this day and time. The lack of shame or embarrassment is almost epidemic in this nation. I see examples of this on a daily basis, such as out of wedlock mothers, profanity especially in front of women much less coming from a woman. Maybe I am just getting old, but I remember when it was embarrassing to be caught doing a lot of things that today are not even given a second thought. Strip clubs were banished to the remotest locations and not in the middle of town as they are now, nor was going to one an accepted "boy's night out". The one that gets me is the billboard on I-244 that says don't give alcohol to minors. Do we really need to be told not to do this?! Or the sign in front of the casino where I pick up every day ( I work for Brinks Inc.) which says " Don't leave children in unattended cars ". Time was if a person did any of these things at the very least most people would let you know some way or the other if not virtually be shunned for such behavior. Fellow Christians we must take back our communities and our nation for God by sharing The Gospel as Jesus commanded us in The Great Commission ( Matt.28:19&20). Our world is experiencing our failure to do this, but with God all things are possible.