iPads come to ______schools!

This article was posted on Facebook recently.   The headline gave the indication that this "state-of-the-art technology" would have a real impact on educating our youth.  It seems most people are convinced that if we spend MORE money on education it will cure our poor performing school district's problems.  

And it's not just education!  Drugs, crime, abortion and "unwanted" pregnancy, political affiliation, and on and on....... there is a SHORTFALL in today's society that is ruining our future.  We must realize that SIN is the culprit!  Romans 7:17-18 states "So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.  For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.". 

We (Society) can't understand WHY we can't succeed in fighting poverty, education of our kids, crime prevention, or any other area of life!  " For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out" said the Apostle Paul in verse 18.  Until (and IF) we come to the realization that we are, in ourselves, DOOMED we will continue to miss the mark!

Don't think that we can accomplish anything without a HOLY GOD!  Jeremiah 17:9 says "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? ".  We don't have the ingredients to make the desired cake.  Our only hope is to seek MERCY from a HOLY GOD!