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Whatever Has Become Of The Generation Gap...???

Whatever has become of the 'Generation Gap'...???

I first heard the term in the seventies, 'The Generation Gap', and it basically referred to the differences in musical tastes, fashion preferences, hair styles, and colloquial conversation between the generations...

Unlike the days when everyone in the family 'worked' the farm, and families, including grandparents, interacted daily with one another, society has created a comfort zone of isolation, which has served to widen the 'generation gap'...until today we no longer experience a 'generation gap'...but, in fact, a 'generation chasm'...

A WE generation has become a ME generation...

In fact, this chasm has become so wide, that over half of all marriages fail, children are seen to have extremely small if any attention spans, and family members spend little time developing social skills with one another...

Now, lest you think I am pointing fingers from inside my glass house, let me reassure you that I and my family have not been immune to this social disease...it exists, alive and well, in my family and social circles...

Let me cut to the chase and relieve my brain from the thought that is nagging to get out of it...

And that is this: LOVE is an action...not a noun nor a reaction...but a real honest to goodness action...a real honest to goodness DECISION...and it has one source, and one source only...

WE NEED TO BE SPREADERS OF THAT LOVE AND DOERS...

The love of God is accessible to every man, woman, and child...He is Our Father, and since He is Perfect, unlike us earthlings, He cannot refuse His Love to anyone of His children who ask...

When we figure all this out, we must then begin to use this gift of LOVE, not only to eliminate the generational chasm, nor only to shrink the generation gap, but to BEGIN TO BUILD solid relationships with one another...

After all, if we call God, Our Father, indeed then, we are all brothers and sisters...

I, for one, need to be about restoring all things in Christ...that is my mission...that is my focus...!!!

Spend some time with your kids this weekend...have a great day, and a great fourth of July weekend...!!!

Posted by Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ on 07/01/2009 09:48 AM

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10 Comments on Whatever Has Become Of The Generation Gap...???

JUL

Amen! And a Happy Fourth to you and yours this weekend!

Kat,

You also...I was just about to jump over to your blog for a visit...!!! Thanks, Fran

An other AMEN. If I could just always remember who is really in control of my life.

I'm with you Bob....it really re-iterates who's "Da Man" in charge!!!

Bob: God is still in control, but He gives us the freedom to make choices on our own...unlike the secular progressives that are ruining our country, by making choices suitable for themselves...!!! Quite the opposite of love...more like narcissism...!!!

Larry: When we recognize that God is in charge, and praise Him for His kindness, things will begin to change...!!!

Thanks, Fran

I love your posts, Fran. I'm sure I've said this before, but it bears repeating -- they are somehow always so timely with what is going on in my life at the time. This one is no different -- just the reminder I needed to hear today. I wish you and your family a safe and happy holiday weekend.

"The only thing that will ever work with God is a pure and trusting heart, from which flow the deeds of love."- Monsignor Dennis Clark, Ph.D.

Homily of the Day

Ignore This Question at Your Peril!

July 1st, 2009 by Monsignor Dennis Clark, Ph.D.

Morning Glory-Evening Grace, because I need it daily especially in the world of the a 'generation chasm'... in my family as well!!

Thank you Fran!!

Peggy: If my posts are any good, it is because my subscribers support me by their comments, and of course that Jesus may be glorified...!!! :)

Alice: I really appreciate your continued support and loyalty...!!! :)

Thanks, Fran

JUL

Wow you are so right, Our neighborhood is full of kids but they never come outside. They are in their rooms with all their toys and cell phones. I was at a neighbor house the other day and the dad text the son in the other room to ask where he wanted to go eat. The kid text back to ask his sister, this went on for 10 minutes and they were in the same house.

Charles,

What a shame...!!! Thanks, Fran

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