“And I saw every work
of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work which has been done under
the sun,even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover, and
through the wise man should say, “I know”, he cannot discover” (Ecc. 8:17).
Hey Gang: As I
have mentioned in several morning messages, we were privileged to spend a week
in Branson to celebrate with our military family. (We are here again for R/R.)
What joy there is in rubbing elbows with these warriors who loved their country
enough to offer their very lives to protect it.
While there we spent a
day at their very famous and well traveled special-event park named Silver
Dollar City. I believe every Vet was there the day we choose go,
resulting in long lines at every attraction. We learned very rapidly that,
if you wanted to see an event you had to spend an hour or so in line waiting
for the doors to be opened and then another half hour or so before the play
began. But it was well worth every minute!
But, as you might have
guessed, with the down time and waiting, my mind had plenty of time to look
around and do some deep soul searching. Suddenly a profound thought came
into my head. You do know where profound thoughts come from, don’t you?
A question came to
mind, “When you have a broken appliance or car or any other things that has
wheels, cogs, cotter pins and such, who do you call? Do you call someone
who has a history of failure in their resume? I recalled the story of a
lady who called a repairmen to fix her clothes dryer. The repairman looked at
the machine for a moment and gave it a swift kick. To her surprise the
machine began to work. He then charged her fifty dollars to which she
replied, “Fifty dollars for kicking my machine?” No, he said, “For know
where to kick it.”
Is there a point to
what I am saying? Yes, we just completed an election in our nation and
returned most of those folks who increased the debt of our nation more than
five trillion dollars and placed our children and their children in jeopardy
for mega years to come. The same group has created such stringent
regulations that they have placed in jeopardy every small business in our
nation. Add to that the albatross they hung around our necks in the form
of Obamacare. I have come to the conclusion that American voters are strange,
they seem to vote for more agony and
pain.
Soooo, my young
friends, let me ask you a question. Would you hire any of those folks who
reside in the Belt Way with the mandate to protect our economy, or moral
standards, our integrity as a nation? Would you choose to place a man in
the highest office of our land who is an advocate for abortion, gay rights,
same sex marriage, who blames our country for the evils of the world to come to
protect the truth and integrity of our nation. Ah, my friends, did we not
just do that very thing?
Solomon wrote: “The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Fools despise wisdom and
instruction”. (Prov 1:7) Lord, does that apply to
politicians? I have asked my Senator what the national debt was
when he was elected to office. Surprisingly he has chosen not to
answer. I wonder why. After all he is my employee, chosen by me
(not) to serve for my needs. Now, there folks is some rambling that only
causes frustration, agony and pain.
PS Did you read
recently that the American People are no longer in the top 10 of the Happiest
People in the world? (according to Barna
Research we are now #12).
Blessings,
Gramps
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