I Believe in Americans

The United States of America has been blessed, not because of its government, but because of her people. We are not like any other nation. Some have called us cocky and arrogant, and in someways we are. However, we are also giving and caring. We have taken our place at the top of the world not by stepping on others so much as setting a standard for others to reach. We as a people are quick to help where help is needed. We the people of the United States of America, not the government, but we we the people have donated billions of dollars to nations who have suffered catastrophic disasters. We have donated food and supplies to others whose own governments had turned their backs on them. And when we have seen that our own government was not able to deliver goods to people in need we have found ways to do it ourselves.The scriptures tell us that the Spirit of God is the Spirit of Freedom. This nation was founded on Freedom and its people will not allow those freedoms to be destroyed. Many have underestimated us, I pray that our Government does not. There is a voice that whispers to us that something is wrong. Our spirit is wrestless but we are unsure what we can do. Thus far we have not noticed the effects of our freedoms being stripped from us personally, and we have in the past been able to disregard those voices that have warned us, but instinctively we know it is coming. We know the scriptures and the prophets have predicted such a time, but we have always said, "not in my lifetime." Many of us have believed that the walls of Jericho could not come down. All is well in Zion, yet that nagging feeling continues to eat at us. It is time! we have been awoken. The alarm has gone off and the snooze has gone through its final cycle. It is time to look beyond the benefits of comfort and understand the difference between a right and a privilege. We must come to realize that we can not change the laws of nature. We can have compassion, but we must never place our responsibility on the government. What makes America great is that we come together to protect eachother with personal sacrifice. We can ignore the wealthy if they choose not to participate, it is their choice. We have placed so much emphasis on the value of money, when true value lies within us. It is knowing who we are, and knowing that we have the freedom to experiment with our talents. If money loses its value what can you trade for food, or housing, or whatever you need? Americans are resourceful. That is in our blood. That is who we are.Our ability to reason has come down to name calling if we can't explain our position logically. We have been dishonest with ourselves. We have allowed Congress to use their credit card and spend us beyond our credit limit. How is it that it is okay for Congress, yet if we do this it is bad? We as Americans can disagree, but unlike many parts of the world we do not have to have civil war in order to be heard. Thank God for the freedom of speech. We do not have to believe exactly the same to respect eachother. We can be wrong in our opinion and not be jailed. We were born to be free, but we must know what that means or we will follow natures trail of disintigration. The greatness of America is not in What her government does, it is in what her government does not do. It is not in what her people don't have to do, it is in what Her people do.

Beware of Government Complexity

When the government said it is complex they mean one of two things. First, They have not figured out how to hide the money yet, so they are buying time. This is why they like lawyers to create laws. Lawyers (not all) but many are trained in the philosophy that if you lie then you better lie enough that you loose who ever is trying to follow you or until they die. Then you can indoctrinate their children. Second, "You are to simple to understand that government does not have rules or standards. If you want to hold someone accountable make it your churches, because we don't answer to God or man. So, if you really want the answer see my lawyer." Which takes us back to the first meaning. Rules of the Economy1. Get out of Debt- Debt takes your power and gives it to another, don't do it. Spend less than you bring in and save some for the future. If everyone did this from house to house and business to business there would be no need for bailing anyone out. If you are in debt. Get out! Use everything you have to get out. sell everything you can. Make your children nervous they might be next. But get out of debt!2. Get rid of the idea of Credit. If you grow too fast it is just as unhealthy as staying the same or going backward. If you can't pay cash don't buy it. A business should be run like a home. A home should be run like a business. And Most of All Government should be run like our home. Credit falsifies the value of everything. If we only bought what we could afford with cash, prices would reflect a true market value. Research and developement would be paid for by the rich who can pay the higher prices to have the latest and greatest paving the way for us middle and lower class workers to pay the level market value.3. Be Honest. An honest days work for an honest days wages. To inflate the value of a job is no less dishonest than underpaying someone for the job they do. Both the employer and the employee have a responsibility to eachother to be honest. Do not inflate the value of your product nor under rate it. If we are honest we can grow in a healthy way. If we don't we will always deal with economic bubbles. 4. Employers would do a great service by helping their employees get what they want through the process of increasing the value of their service. If an employee desires to own his own business an employer might want to teach him how to get started. Ask for a royalty based on his success giving him incentive to teach him well. An honest value given and honest value recieved. 5.You are never too big to fall. We as American's are cocky, arrogant, and extremely resourceful. Every once in awhile it is good to clean house. Get rid of the garbage and clean up the yard. When a big company fails it warns the little ones to tight down the hatches and straighten up their practices. It also gives opportunity for smaller healthier companies to fill in the gaps. When you bail a company out no one learns. And the ones who are hurt the most are the honest businesses. To bail out a business that has not not practiced sound financial decisions, including paying employees too much, should not be bailed out. This is a reward for bad behavior. While honest businesses are punished for good behavior.6. Remember Americans are tough. We may not like hard times, but we can take care of ourselves. When we get kicked in the butt we will fight back. If we are allowed to hit bottom we learn from it, and we will survive and thrive or we will die trying. True strength comes from knowing that you have power to do what you need to do, and doing it. If you are never allowed to do what you have to do, then you will never be strong enough to do what you need to when you no longer can rely on help. 7. The enemy of poverty, racism, sexism, or discrimination of any kind, is freedom and truth. It takes time, but an atmosphere of freedom allows truth to reach the hearts of the people but when it does they as individuals will not have room for prejudice or hatred. There are many, though they live in an atmosphere of freedom have no spirit of freedom in them and therefore do not understand. And what they do not understand, they fear. 8. To implement Socialism is like trying to help a butterfly emerge from its cocoon by cutting the cocoon so the butterfly doesn't have to fight to get out. The butterfly that doesn't fight to get out, doesn't fly and ends up starving to death. It is not always pretty, some caterpillars never make it to adulthood for many reasons, but trying to garauntee success for everyone is a sure way of making it so no one succeeds. Keep it simple. If it is not simple it is likely not truth.

I do not know the original author of this but it was sent as an e-mail. I am sure it will be around but it just makes sense to me. I thought I would add it to my blog.


Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the
villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.

The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started to catch them.

The man bought thousands at $10 each, but as the supply began to diminish, the villagers stopped their efforts.

He next announced that he would buy monkeys at $20 each. The villagers renewed their efforts and started to catch monkeys again.

But as the supply diminished even further, people soon lost interest again.

When the man increased his offer to $25 each, monkeys

became so scarce it was an effort just to find one, let alone catch it!

The man then announced that he would buy monkeys at $50 each! Since he had to go to meeting in the city, he said his assistant would buy the monkeys on his behalf.

After the man left, his assistant told the villagers, "Look at all the monkeys my boss has already bought. I'll sell them to you for $35 each, and when he returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50."

The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the man's monkeys for 700 billion dollars.

They never saw the man or his assistant again - only lots and lots of monkeys!

Now you have a better understanding of how the

Wall Street bailout plan will work.

It doesn't get much more clear than this.

New Years Resolutions

New Years Resolutions

The Holiday Season has come and gone. The sugar high is disappearing, and we are realizing all our misdeeds. This brings us to our New Years resolutions. No wonder January is so depressing. If you can't keep a promise to yourself, then who can you keep a promise to? Oh, the dilemma.

Every year I look at all the things that I need to change and I know that I can not do it all. So, I choose not to do any of it. Oh, I write things down because that is what we are suppose to do, but I know that I am not going to make it past the first week, if I start at all. Then I realize that I have just created one more bad habit. Oh, what a vicious cycle.

Well, this year I want to change something. I am not going to focus on the things that I normally do. I want to do something a little different. This year I want to stop running. I am tired of running. I think that I have used up more energy running. I have wasted years of my life running, and running, and running. And what do I have to show for it. I have created more stress for my family, my friends, and myself. I have suffered unnecessarily mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. My running has done nothing to improve my life. I have exhausted myself beyond comprehension, and I have gotten nowhere.

So, I am going to stop running. I am going to stop running from responsibilities. I am going to stop running from my problems. I am going to stop running from the truth. I am going to stop running from my blessings.

I have a favorite thought by Marianne Williamson that goes like this:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure..."

The power we have is not in ourselves alone, but when we take upon the name of Christ we can do all things, that is where our power lies. This is our greatest fear and our greatest strength. Our fear is giving up control of our life, yet through Christ we find greater control in our life. Faith to give up what we know for what we do not know is scary, but the less we fight, the easier it is.

Running away from things you can't outrun is futile. You can run and run but it takes more energy. When if you had just given in you would have found that the source of your energy is in those things which you were running from. Turn and face your fears and you will not only help yourself but everybody around you.

So, this is my resolve this year. I am giving up. I am going to stop running, and accept what God has given to me as a gift. This year I will not hide my gift, but I will unwrap it and share it.