Highminded

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; (1 Timothy 6:17) In the richness of His mercy, from the very beginning of humankind, men have sought to do it “their way” (most want to sing “I Did It My Way” all the way to hell with Frank Sinatra). After a very seductive, attractive serpent seduced Eve and henpecked Adam joined her in disobedience. Losing their innocence, they discovered they were naked, no one had to tell them. Then as now, they wanted to do things their way...strung some leaves together to cover their private genitalia. But God, knowing best, in His mercy, “made coats of skins, and clothed them” (Genesis 3:21). He wanted them clothed sufficiently, it is the first time that blood was shed, it was necessary for God to kill animals.

Around 8,000 years later, 2000 BC, pharaoh and the Egyptians were anxious for the children of Israel to leave Egypt carrying most of the wealth of Egypt after plagues had been visited upon them (Exodus 9:14, Exodus 12:33-39). When a nation has suffered sufficient catastrophe at the hands of God, that nation is ready for change, ready to rid itself of those and that causing the problems. The Egyptians were glad to see their slaves leave, carrying much Egyptian wealth, taking their herds with them.

Americas are beginning to awaken to their slavery, over and over, whispers from the “tea party goers”. America has become just one big ponzy scheme, America is just one big Bernie Madoff experiment. Facing a $202 trillion debt according to CBO (congressional budget office), private businesses and private homes, raking and scraping to keep body and soul together. As the federal bureaucracy grows, and as the shackles of slavery tighten, the small businessman, small farmer, small school, even small church, all find they can no longer stay in business. The past six years has seen an meteoric awakening of the American psyche. The common man has decided that he is master of his own destiny, that those who are supposed to be smarter, are not smart. It has always bothered the slave master, that the slave always pities him and his decadence. It has always bothered the butcher in the slaughterhouse, with the knife, to think that the animal does not care what he thinks of him, that death is about as satisfying as life.

The Christian Chinese slaughtered by Mao, the Christian Russians slaughtered by Stalin, Christians all over the world who have been left bereft of life's earthly values. Unlike the soulless animals, have a soul and know there is a better place awaiting. Hardworking, god-fearing, taxpaying Americans are tired of the fight...the fight against evil. For the past six years, we have seen a total failure in the integrity of government. The Republicans are as much to blame as the Democrats, when the Republicans were in charge, just as completely as the Democrats now, with both houses of Congress and the White House, they were just as impotent, callous, a stench in the nostrils of almighty God. It has taken this Sunni Muslim-Marxist President along with his ilk, czars and decadent stars, to make us realize what we have lost in what was once the greatness of America. When our blessed Lord, had His feet bathed by the woman who broke the alabaster box, and gave everything she owned, it was a time of total giving, Christ reminded us that wherever His Gospel is preached, what this woman has done should also be told (Matthew 26:13).

There are always two sides to giving, God gave His only Son, His only Son gave His life, that we might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). Giving is the most important worship (worth ship) in the Christian's life, and Americans from the very beginning, landing on these shores, have given. Military cemeteries are full of those that have given their all, veterans know about giving. From the beginning, however, there have been thieves, Cain killed Abel, Jacob stole a birthright, Christ went to the cross and a thief went to the streets, Judas, in true form, like most of today's bureaucrats and politicians, lamented about the poor.

It is so obvious to anyone with two purkinje cells functioning in the brain, that in the class warfare brought on by the last six years of federal government, the ideology, from both the elitists who monopolize both parties, to bring most of the population to a common level of poverty. I've traveled through every communist country, it was always the same, whether Russia, China, Burma, Africa, the politicians, the politician appointed bureaucrats, the ruling class had the jobs, the money, the vehicles, the good life. The masses were in an economy of survival, did anyone ever think, so quick, so intentional, we are already there. As surely as corruption thrives in federal, state, and local government, as surely as every vestige of independence and privacy has been removed from the common man, those who thought they had a pension, whether social security or otherwise, will find every person working or not working, will live on the same level. The social security trust funds have been confiscated, the $17 trillion in pension funds will be confiscated, increased control dictates that this must be a totalitarian, collectivist society. It has never worked anywhere else, but Satan always convinces his followers that it was not done right there. It will be done right here, Satan has convinced enough that they are “ready for change”. Can you still hear them screaming that at the Obama rally?

After 9/11, which anniversary we celebrated this week, flags were flying and many sang, “God Bless America”. Why should God bless America?