Here’s the Thing…

To put it lightly it’s a big issue. Health care. Education. Socialism. Deception. Lies. The role of government. Is it the place of government to provide for the every need of citizens? Citizens do not belong to the government. The government belongs to the citizens. Freedom is, ultimately, the ability to make choices. When choices are made for you, even with the best of intentions, you have lost your freedom. Your ability, no, your opportunity, to make choices has been removed.Therefore your freedom is removed. How else do you define freedom? Isn’t the big picture awesome? So many people focus on the details that they forget what is important. No one wants homelessness, or poverty, or illiteracy, or war, or murder, pain, death, or sickness. Socialism and Communism sound great until they are imposed upon society. Imposed Upon You.

"As soon as A observes something which seems to him to be wrong, from which X is suffering, A talks it over with B, and A and B then propose to get a law passed to remedy the evil and help X. Their law always proposes to determine what C shall do for X, or in the better case, what A, B, and C shall do for X.... [W]hat I want to do is to look up C.... He is the man who never is thought of."

"He works, he votes, generally he prays--but he always pays. . . ."

(William Graham Sumner)

The forgotten man. If I bring that up does it sound like I’m whining? I don’t mean to complain.When it comes down to it, I don’t really care about taxes. I pay them. Money comes in, money goes out. My daughters have their ballet costumes and they smile a lot. They love Jesus. I love them and that is what makes me happy. All of this political garbage is just a distraction. I volunteered to go to war. I hate war. I don’t like watching movies with animal protagonists because I know that I will develop sympathy for the poor creature and my emotions will take over. I consider myself an everyman; a regular guy sojourning through life with the desire to do great things but ready to accept mediocrity if that be my fate.

There is a fundamental problem in our society. It is painful for some to hear. It is utterly dismissed and disdainfully rejected by others. I’m no prophet. It can be said in many ways. I have a set of beliefs so I say it in accordance with my beliefs, which are no longer deemed ‘politically correct.’ I am sometimes profane in my language because I have strong feelings. I hope that others will see things my way, but in all probability, and to my understanding, not everyone will. Unfortunately, there may be some who have been appointed to wrath. We are on the path to destruction. I really do believe that. I don’t think I am crazy. I’ll spare you the scripture, but the writing is on the wall. (Sorry, I lied) Everything is scripture.

For about a year there, before the last election, I began to get interested in politics. I started watching the news for the first time. At first I tried watching several channels and news outlets and I listened to all the different talk radio shows in my market. I quickly realized that I was a conservative. I picked up a few other labels for myself in recent months. Far right conservative.Fundamentalist/Evangelical Christian, or Jesus Freak. I believe in limited government. I like Fox News and I enjoy Glenn Beck. I believe that elected officials are supposed to represent the people who elected them. When a large group of people gather to protest that generally means they are upset about something. This may not be the end that the Bible promises us, but if things continue as they are I fear for the future of my country.

The wicked shall be turned into hell,

And all the nations that forget God.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten;

The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

Arise, O LORD,

Do not let man prevail;

Let the nations be judged in Your sight.

Put them in fear, O LORD,

That the nations may know themselves to be but men.

(Psalm 9:17-20)

So what's my point? I forgot. When the time comes so will you. So let's all get over ourselves and remember what's important. Today. Remember: Its not about what would Jesus do? It's about what Jesus did. Look it up because its important.