What have we come to?

I was recently traveling. While sitting in the hotel room, I saw a commercial. I don't remember the specifics but I remember the message.

Setting the Scene:
A family in muted drab tones ... both their dress and the coloring of the film. the entire family looked bored and miserable sitting at a table staring at the most pitiful looking meal they had ever been forced to endure.

Then the salvation... a commonly available microwave product that you can find in any grocery store, gas station or food mart.

The slogan, although I can't remember exactly, was that we don't have to be forced to eat dinner at the table and we could have a good meal while taking care of our life on the go.

Suddenly the commercial went to bright cheerful colors with everyone laughing, dancing, and having fun and while the commercial was explaining how it was better to eat on the go instead of being forced to sit and the boring dinner table it was showing pictures of the mom taking one of the kids to soccer and the dad running an errand, while the two of the other kids were doing their own thing, one doing school work and the other at some sport event with friends. The commercial portrayed all of the family members as better off with this lifestyle.

I ask, is this really the direction that we want our family to be pushed? I thought that we were supposed to FIGHT to have the time together as a family and not encourage the divide and conquer mentality.

With this mentality, is it any wonder that we have generations of children growing up with a skewed moral compass? Why are we surprised when children commit some of the most horrific actions when they do not have the Biblical Father and the Biblical Mother not only teaching but MODELING the correct behavior?

We know from science that things tend to break down unless acted upon by an outside force. Meaning they move from organization to disorganization. They move from good to bad.

God is the outside force for our lives and the life of our family. Unless we allow God to work in OUR family's life, our children are headed for more dysfunction and heartache in an even more unhealthy family unit that will have an increased chance of being a broken home with even more amoral values.