From Eliyahu:

Shalom friends, 

Division in families is heart-breaking, but today it has become the norm. Consider these divorce statistics and how they effect children:

• Half of all American children will witness the breakup of a parent’s marriage. Of these, close to half will also see the breakup of a parent’s second marriage.” (Furstenberg, Peterson, Nord, and Zill, “Life Course”)

• Among the millions of children who have seen their parents divorce, one of every 10 will also live through three or more parental marriage breakups. (The Abolition of Marriage, Gallagher)

• Forty percent of children growing up in America today are being raised without their fathers. (Wade, Horn and Busy, “Fathers, Marriage and Welfare Reform” Hudson Institute Executive Briefing, 1997)

• Of all children born to married parents this year, fifty percent will experience the divorce of their parents before they reach their 18th birthday. (Fagan, Fitzgerald, Rector, “The Effects of Divorce On America)

Of course, all of these dismal statistics apply to children of families that have or had two married parents, which is not true of many children today. In the United States, since the 1960s, there has been a marked increase in the number of children living with a single parent only. In 1960 only 9 percent of USA children lived in single-parent households, while, 93 percent of white children and 75 percent of black children lived in two-parent homes. The 1980 United States Census reported that 19.5% were single parent households at that time. 20 Years later, the 2010 United States Census showed a jump in that statistic up to 27% of all children living with only one parent. As we approach the start of a new decade, it is likely that number has continued to rise, estimated now at a third or more of American children living with one parent only. It is even worse than that for children of some segments of society.

Don Lemon on Saturday, July 27th, 2013 in a commentary on CNN, stated that more than 72 percent of African-American births are out of wedlock. Here is exactly what he said:

"Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should," Lemon said. "Especially without planning for one or getting married first. More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. And the studies show that lack of a male role model is an express train right to prison and the cycle continues."

Lemon took a lot of flack in social media for this factual statement, and yet, as Lemon pointed out, the lack of the father in the home continues to be a root cause of social troubles in the African-American community, with the same cause of massive problems for a growing number of families across the board. Responsible fathers provide a stability in the home that children desperately need, much to the chagrin of many today. We need to look no further than this one problem to discover why so many young people today find it difficult to cope with complex relationships, and why society seems to be getting, well, so crazy. The feminist sexual revolution, so prized by many today, has destroyed families, and since families are the foundation on which society is built, has devastated society as well. If you think that is an over-statement, look again at the data above for 1960, just before the feminist sexual revolution, and compare that to where we are at today. As we pointed out, in 1960 only 9 percent of USA children lived in single-parent households, while, 93 percent of white children and 75 percent of black children lived in two-parent homes. Today numbers like that are an impossible dream.

I am merely pointing out the obvious reason why so many people are finding it so difficult to get along. None of this is written here to attack people who have been casualties of the cultural revolution documented in this article. Far from it. All of us have been victims of massive propaganda over the last 60 years that was meant to cause the very social chaos that we are now all living with.

If you see what I am saying, have some compassion on the "crazy people" who don't understand how the universe is really meant to work, especially if they are part of your extended family. They have been doing the best they can, in many cases having nothing and no one to point the way for them, and they really don't know they are off exploring an impossible rabbit hole. Many young people have good reason to be so angry, having been robbed in their childhood of the stable and balanced family nest all children need to thrive and grow - even if they don't even know that is their underlying problem. If you are an older person who has seen all of this social change unfold over the decades, and you know the difference between sanity and this mess we have now - well, if that's you then you might be old and tired, but your work here isn't done. Pray and ask the Father to bring at least one such young person into your life who is willing to receive a little love and wisdom, and the knowledge of God. We can't save them all. But it's still not too late to help some of them to get pointed in the right direction. There are young people out there who are yearning to find a faithful and wise old mentor who will receive them without judgment, with the Father's heart. Maybe you can be that guy.

This newsletter was inspired by the story of the Prodigal Son, found in Luke 15. Never has that parable been more relevant than it is right now, in 2019. Join us tonight for our live Tsiyon meeting, at 8 PM CST at Tsiyon.Net. Learn what that parable means for us, here in these Last Days.

Shalom,