9/15/12
Howdy all. So, this has been a week of sadness and evil around us. Lessons to be learned all around us; but what lessons, and for who?
Do you know?..
For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. ~ Galatians 5:13
My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon friendly terms with, but independent of, all the nations of the earth. To share in the broils of none. To fulfil our own engagements. To supply the wants, and be carriers for them all: Being thoroughly convinced that it is our policy and interest to do so. ` George Washington, letter to Gouverneur Morris, 1795
Can you imagine if this quote from George Washington had been incorporated into the Constitution, say Article II? We wouldn’t be free of enemies, but what friends we would have. Just to be friendly, BUT INDEPENDENT of all nations on earth. Imagine not picking or choosing our friends based on greed, or desire, but to help all who need it because it’s the right thing to do. Yet, not get embroiled in other nation’s greed and wanton struggles to usurp power. Instead, stand against that usurpation. It is true that America has tried to live up to this ideal as best it could for the last 2 centuries. Yet at times we have failed. Why do I say we? Because we put the person in the White House. As a nation, we always do. So, it seems apparent that we failed 4 years ago. The person in the White House now has no desire to follow the ideals that Washington spoke of. He has his own wants and desires. Our failure. He would rather golf then deal with crises. Our failure. He would rather take credit for good things and blame everyone else for bad things; no scruples, no sense of accountability. Our failure. So, the lessons to be learned are out there; for who? For us, We the People. We must learn the lesson of being meticulous in choosing. This nation of ours was developed and passed down to us by great men and women who offered their lives fortunes and sacred honor to achieve what no other nation, before or since, could. They put into action ideals that are found in Paul’s epistle to the Galatians. 5:14 is the verse that many if not most remember, “For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” But 5:13 is far more important. We have all been called to live here in America in freedom. That’s the driving force that brought our ancestors here. But there is accountability, responsibility that goes along with that freedom. Don’t use it to satisfy sinful ways. DON’T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!! Just a couple of decades ago, those who had to utilize welfare were embarrassed, even ashamed. They felt that way because they could not make it the way they were going. And they strived to get off of welfare; they tried to recover. And there are those today that strive to recover as well. But it appears that a vast majority who take welfare, and any other program they can get, do so for their own convenience. The do so to satisfy their ‘sinful’ ways. How sad. And our President not only accepts that fact, he condones it. HE PROMOTES IT. And whose failure is that? Our failure.
So, what is the lesson to learn? Vote for the other guy? No. Did that in ’76, ’92, and ’08. Been there, got the tee shirt. Ok, how about learn all about the candidates and choose wisely? No. Not enough. The lesson is
- Learn all you can about the candidates
- Tell everyone you can what you know
- Show them the facts
- LISTEN to their questions;
- don’t necessarily answer them
- Invite them to read the facts themselves, so they can decide for themselves.
- And, in concert with a great line from an ‘Indiana Jones’ movie – Choose Wisely.
This is our nation; our city on a hill. The light has been dimmed, but it still burns – it is still visible. I can see it. Can you?
Take care, God bless and especially at this time in history,
STAND WITH ISRAEL!!!
Tom Kiley
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