I shall
begin my political blogging with this quote from Mere Christianity by C.S.
Lewis:
That is the key to history.
Terrific energy is expended—civilizations are built up—excellent
institutions devised; but each time something goes wrong. Some fatal flaw brings the selfish and cruel
people to the top and it all slides back into misery and ruin.
We can see
some semblance of this happening in our country right now. If only one line separated the two major
Parties in this country if it might just this:
Who are these cruel people? One party thinks it is the rich Republicans
and the other sees the Government itself as the abuser of riches.
Personally,
I see them both as guilty. So now I will
share some thoughts I have about the so called greedy rich Republicans—my own
party. You know what they say, “Start at
home when you start analyzing what is going on around you”
But let me
be clear here—I am not talking about just Republicans here, I am talking about
the greedy rich period—what ever their party of choice.
In the last
30 years we have seen greed at it’s most selfish on both sides of the
isle. The government thought that making
sure that everyone could buy a home was a good idea. The greedy rich jumped on the band wagon and
destroyed the housing market in this country because the people thought that
was a good idea, too. And they walked
right into the trap, eyes wide open.
The rich
and greedy utilized these new rules with glee and excitement. The not so rich enjoyed the greedy need to
own the biggest house they could possibly get in the best neighborhood
available, even though the mortgage would be hugely more than the recommended
30% of income. No one on either side
even considered the fact that 20% or 25% of income would be plenty enough to
pay and still have an actual life to live in their new home. No! That would be wrong in just too many
ways. So… well, you know what
happened. The rich got richer without
any consequences while the poor got poorer and ended up homeless all over the
country. The point is that this was a collaboration
between the greedy government and the rich and greedy corporations.
Meanwhile,
each is blaming the other and I am blaming both. Our Government has grown into a money hungry
monster, eager to tax, tax, tax and then use those taxes to make themselves
richer with higher and higher raises in income while pretending to shepherd the
flock of poor and defenseless sheep that they see us as being.
But the
rich and greedy also crush the spirits of the poorer folk by continuing to make
as much money as possible off of the suffering of those people Unimaginable profits are posted year after
year and raises and bonuses are taunted in our faces while wages stagger along
at impossible levels for those who actually make these people rich.
Between the
ever whining stock market; the speculators who bet on crop failures and oil
shortages; and the major alphabet soup of corporation heads (who see only
terrific profits for their own pockets and never consider reinvesting profits
at the ground level0, they are destroying whatever soundness there ever was in
our financial structure.
Remember: Some fatal
flaw brings the selfish and cruel people to the top and it (the civilization)
all slides back into misery and ruin.
This
country has been sold out at every level:
Bribing our enemies to become our friends; encouraging those who hate us
to be loved and honored more than those who are loyal and steadfast in favor of
keeping this country strong; Taking away
our freedoms which are written as standards and laws in the constitution of
this nation in order to pacify those who choose to be insulted by every move we
make (even eating a ham sandwich in front of a Muslim at a table of “non-specified
religious” co-workers); Not to mention
selling our country to our enemy while using the money we borrow to aid and
abet other enemies.
The selfish
and cruel are running this country and we are watching it all fall apart. We must remain alert and we must speak up and
vote when we have a chance. But we must
also refrain from slander and rumor mongering if we are to obey God’s command
to be submissive to our leaders: We know
that in fact our leaders are chosen by God for whatever purpose He has in mind
for the building up or tearing down of this civilization.
Our job is
to remain alert and pray over all of these unbelievable twists and turns That this
country is going through and to encourage individuals we know to seek Christ
and His love and comfort as all is crashing down around us. It is not the nation that can repent and be
saved; it is individuals. And it is up
to us to spread the Gospel and the Light of God among the down trodden and the
rich and the powerful. Only prayer and
vigilance will make any difference in this mess we are in, no matter which
party is in power.
May God
grant us wisdom as to where we can speak up and make a difference in our towns
and states and federally, but keep us from embarrassing Him with outbursts of
slander and hate. May we see the evil
and pray for those who try to lead us down the wrong paths. The path of this nation is in the hands of
God and so is the punishment for those who lead us in the wrong direction. May we pray for their souls and for their
eyes to be opened to what they are doing.
And may we ask God to make us a blessing to someone everyday. Amen.
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