Be Encouraged!

5/12/13

Howdy all!  I am still kicking!  Although don’t tell my knees.  The arthritis will retaliate!

Any hoo,…

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. ~ Philippians 1:6

Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, they pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society. They reared the fabrics of governments which have no model on the face of the globe. ~ James Madison, Federalist No. 14, 1787

Well, first let me say Happy Mother’s Day to you all!  I know I have been blessed not only with a wonderful mom, but I am married to another wonderful mom.  We should all be as lucky!

So, why such a long time since the last encouraging word?  Well, I had been writing, almost every day for over 2 years.  Through these messages I have made some wonderful friends, and have been told I have made a difference.  But I wasn’t sure about that.  Not that I do not believe those who said so.  In fact I was humbled and grateful to hear how much people liked what I said.  I still like it!  But, something else was happening.  Events happening around the nation and the world concerned me more than before; and the events of before were very concerning to me!  So, I re-evaluated what I needed to do.  I could continue to write, but my audience has the same thoughts and beliefs that I do.  I could broaden the base, but I was posting in over a dozen sites already.  Even posted in a left leaning one until they took my message posting abilities away!  But was I making a difference?  In my heart, not enough.  So I decided to enter my name as a candidate for Precinct Committee Officer; a small but very important part of the local county party.  And as luck would have it, I won!  Vote count was 1-0 (ran unopposed).  During my first official meeting I realized there is work to do.  Conservative minded people are not the most popular in any political circle for the most part.  So, I tried to find others who might think like me.  And I found a lot more than I expected.  They too, felt that more was needed to be done.  I mean, the 2010 election was fantastic, but the 2012 was terrible.  And the reasons for that failure are still being spread across a wide spectrum, on all places except those entities truly responsible.  Even our county caucus was a mess.  My county received some national (but thankfully short lived) attention for closing the doors on about 1500 truly inspired citizens wanting to take part, wanting to make a difference themselves.  But they were not let in.  Call it bad planning or whatever.  So, I am now a PCO.  Was that enough?  No.  I didn’t want to sit in the chair and just nod my lemming head when the ‘long time’ and ‘experienced’ members spoke as if they and only they know what we had to do.  So I speak up.  I agree, or I disagree.  But I say so.  One thing I do know now is that the executive board members all know me by my first name.  I also joined another political caucus group, looking to bring conservative sanity into the county.  And this group is national and is to be officially recognized when the local caucus is chartered (which we now are!)  I have submitted my name as a volunteer to be in the county party bylaws committee; should find out soon.  I even submitted a change which might actually help bring over a dozen disgruntled PCO’s back to meetings. 

What am I doing?  I am pursuing a more noble course.  So much has been accomplished by tea party people, 9/12 groups and conservative activities all across the nation.  We need to do more, while continuing our present efforts.  So, I am challenging myself to make a difference.   Right now it is local.  Will it ever go further, time will tell.  But I know I will be successful.  I know because I have already been successful.  And I am certain that I will continue to be successful because God, who began the good work within me, will continue his work he will have me do until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

Take care, God bless,

And stand with Israel

Tom Kiley

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