During a high school track meet this past Wednesday in Frisco, TX, a member of a track team sat down in the middle of an opposing squad’s tent at a track meet.

He was asked to leave by a member of the other team.

The young men wound up “bowing up” to one another.

Then, the young man who sat in that tent for the purpose of intimidation, reached into his bag, produced a knife and stabbed the other young man in the chest who challenged him for being there, killing him.

That teenager died in the arms of his identical twin.

Can you imagine the grief of that family?

Back in the mid 1970s in Memphis, TN, forced busing was in place within the city school system.

Sure, there were some rough patches, and some parents pulled their kids out,  enrolling them in private schools.

However, an amazing thing happened by the Grace of God.

Students of different races learned how to get along with one another and found out that they had more in common than they thought.

I know. I was there.

We are living in a dystopian society in which violence among this current generation seems to be the answer to winning an argument.

Just this past week, an obviously distraught woman beat the snot out of a pro-life activist simply because she could not win an argument with her.

I believe that a lot of this evidence of a Fallen World is not only the result of moving away from the Word of God, it’s also the results of a failed Great Society, and, as we say in the south, a lack of home training.

Back in the day, black, white, or purple, high school athletes would not have pulled the stunt that young man pulled by sitting in the tent of the opposition at a track meet, much less pull a knife out and stab the opposing runner when he was asked to leave.

Yeah, back in the day, a couple of punches would have gotten thrown, but the coaches would have grabbed the young men, separating them, and “reading them the Riot Act.”

Then, they would have made the young men shake hands.

It is very obvious that American Society has been corrupted by an accent on political ideology and culture that, while being claimed by those pushing it as something that would bring us together, has actually separated Americans further apart than ever.

While I agree with a good friend who says that only God can fix what’s going on in this country, I do believe that Americans need to start taking responsibility for their children and for their own words and actions.

To put this in the words of athletic competition, the time for political and cultural showboating is over. It’s time to lace up our cleats and get on the starting line to run the race that God created us for.

Until He Comes,

KJ