At church last night we were in Jeremiah 44 and it was observed that when women are corrupt and are allowed to lead their families astray, nations fall and calamity will soon follow  (thought synopsized by me).   I would like to first off say that  the corruption of women typically occurs when men lack leadership and direction.  For example, yes it was Eve’s sin to eat the apple, but she ate it due to lack of leadership just like the false idol worship in Jeremiah 44 that is being referenced.  When I look at our society today, I feel it is very true.  Nearly 40 percent of babies born in the United States in 2007 were delivered by unwed mothers, according to data released last month by the National Center for Health Statistics. The 1.7 million out-of-wedlock births, of 4.3 million total births, marked a more than 25 percent jump from five years before.

As a whole, the morality of our country has declined significantly in the past 5 years.  Children are not raised in complete families and are not shown what healthy biological relationships with both parents looks like.  The family isn’t how “God inteded”.  Boys are not taught how to be men, how to treat women, or what a family should look like.  Women are not given the opportunity to be adored by their fathers and develop insecurities, and they lack value and self worth.  Not to mention the lack of attention from their parent because of work obligations.  These examples are just the secular devoids.  When you add in lacking Christian principles, it is even more severe.  Both sexes have a skewed vision of their role and value and the value of everyone else.  A survey of 108 rapists undertaken by Raymond A. Knight and Robert A. Prentky revealed the 60 percent came from female-headed homes,. 70 percent of those describable as ‘violent’ came from female-headed homes. 80 percent of those motivated by ‘displaced anger’ came from female-headed (single-parent) homes.
“No-Fault Divorce: Proposed Solutions to a National Tragedy,” 1993 Journal of Legal Studies 2, 19, citing R. Knight and R. Prentky, The Developmental Antecedents and Adult Adaptations of Rapist Subtypes, 14 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR 403-426 (1987).

Just like snow rolling down hill, these misconceptions and flaws become more dangerous and out of control as time progresses.  As a result promiscuity, disrespect, selfishness, abuse, and insecurity are the norm.  Can you see how this generational sin has taken us to where we are now?  How the value of an embryo is gone to cover up sin (either a woman’s through promiscuity or a man’s through rape).  64.4% of all abortions are performed on never-married women; Married women account for 18.4% of all abortions and divorced women obtain 9.4% (Center For Bio Ethical Reform) and according to the NY Times, only 1% of the abortions performed are out of rape and incest.

So, what can we do to change this?  Rest in God, repent, and don’t run away from Him!  However, if we don’t, and continue down the spiralling disobedient path by running away from Him, the same thing that happened to the Isrealites in Jeremiah 44 will happen to us. 2 Chronicles 7:14 gives us great hope in God’s mercy “if my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and forgiven their sins and will heal their land.”