Soap box

I just discovered this bit of info and I believe this is further proof what a circus Washington DC has become. Our politicians are celebrities with more greed and hunger for power than sense.
A return to the roots of Democracy is more evident every day!

When Thomas Jefferson was sworn in as President, he returned to his boarding house for dinner. Every seat was taken, and noone stood to offer him a seat. After a while the wife of a Kentucky senator offered him her seat. Jefferson politely declined.
In his own words he had this hope for the future of our nation: " I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."

How do you think he would have responded to the outlandish displays our tax payer monies go to putting on now? We have become not only a nation bent on misusing it's power but a nation of selfish greed. The "have's" think they have the power (ie. money) to tell all of the "have not's" how they are to live their lives. In order for our country to thrive there must be freedom to choose for ourselves. Diversity builds success, government control builds nothing but more government. People wake up and stop voting for politicians who make promises to give you more, work for it and make it yourself!

I am aware however that there are many people in our country who indeed do need help. My own mother recently recieved a liver transplant and is now unable to work in the highly stressful venue that she did before her illness. If it were not for my father she would be soley dependant on government disablility and social security. In cases such as this we do need help from others. Help like this should not be provided by the government but by people who choose to provide this help. This is where the church community should be playing a much larger part. In order to accomplish this churches would of course need to set a larger amount of the tithing to this purpose. In my experience this is not happening because the church is doing it's part to be more of a part of the problem. Churches all over this country are becoming too worldly, trying to fit into the image of the world today instead of setting themselves apart as it should be. That is a topic for later however.

Stepping of the soap box now.

"It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope-the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ..." Titus 2:12-13

"The federal government has sponsered research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often reffered to as "progress" doesn't spread." Andy Rooney

"God helps those that help themselves" Benjamin Franklin