Cleaning up our government begins very close to home!

Good Friday morning! It's April 9, 2010 and we are actually enjoying some mid forties for our morning start-ups. A jacket felt pretty good in the wee early hours of this brand new day. I consider these last few cool mornings to be like handfuls on purpose for us to enjoy as we will soon be in our hot and humid season. You will have to give our President credit for being true to his vision for our country. He continues to pursue some scary changes that will impact us for generations to come. He was right. Elections matter and we are seeing what happens when people embrace hope and change without clearly understanding what the change stuff is all about. This administration may recognize that come the fall their prospects might look different, therefore, they are doubling down on getting as much of their agenda crammed through as they can. To many of us that agenda is very radical in terms of moving us ever closer to a socialistic welfare state and a weaker force for good in the world. President Obama has recently singled out people by name, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, and has said their rhetoric is inflammatory and out of hand. Meanwhile, at the same time, he has instituted a redefinition in how we define the terrorist threat we face, removing any mention of how radicalized Islam should be singled out, tracked or monitored in a special way. One might think this time in our history to be just one more Twilight Zone episode but it's not, and we are only beginning to understand the magnitude of how these changes will reshape who we are as a nation.

There's no doubt that the razor thin victory in the recent health care bill has emboldened this team but as they push hard their far left programs it is clear that we the people are not going quietly. The left leaning media has given up defending themselves as being unbiased. Many of the so-called mainstream pundits have recently screamed how that the vocal opposition to this president may end up endangering him personally. While they go on and on about how hateful the dialogue is concerning President Obama, I am reminded that these same hypocrites were not concerned at all when they proclaimed President George W. Bush to be a war criminal and joked about him being assassinated. Never in our history has this bias on all sides been more obvious. I have never believed there is such a thing as there being a source where just the facts and nothing else is reported. Everyone comes at every story with some baggage, thoughts, and ideas. While some may do their best to not allow this to interfere with their reporting I have contended all along that it's just inherently impossible. Fair and balanced? I don't think so. Everyone is selling something.

This being true, sounds like we should just throw in the towel and move up into the mountains and forget about it. NOT!!! That would not solve anything and it would also go against our calling to do our best to make a difference in the world God has placed us in. We cannot change President Obama's world view that informs his approach to governing but we can work together to change who sits in the oval office next. We cannot guarantee that a flawed system operated by fallen and flawed people will ever produce results that are just or fair but we can do our best to support those who have a claim to the higher moral ground. In other words, we can, with God's help, do what we can do, and then with prayer and thanksgiving, allow Him to accomplish His purpose in the 'all things' that define our time here on the planet. We can also seek to mirror in our own individual lives the character traits, behaviors, and disciplines that we say we wish to see in our government. That, my friend, gives me as much to work on in my own life while calling for a return to the God honoring principles that has made us a blessed nation in the past. Don't be downcast, look up and seek God's help as we seek to see God honored throughout our land. Have a great Saturday and Lord's Day Sunday and may God add His blessings on you and yours. Amen. .....More later.