Good morning and welcome. It's
Wednesday, June 27, 2012, and I do send out a hello to one and all where we sit on the edge of our seat awaiting the decision by the US Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of the Obama-care legislation. You were not even aware of this? How were things on your long journey away from the states? It's a big deal because the administration has busily been pushing portions of it forward making it more painful to change or disengage. And, that is one of their main arguments, we've gone too far to change it now. What a mess. I wasn't surprised that the Court struck down most of the Arizona state laws pertaining to immigration enforcement. Under our form of government immigration has always been the responsibility of the Federal Government. The fact that the system is horribly broken does not change the responsibility from the feds to the states. But what about these run away costs being incurred by the states for services that MUST be provided to illegals? Good question but not a new one. That's been with us for years through Republican and Democrat controlled administrations.
This current economic recession, depression, or calamity makes it not only a front burner issue but one with the heat turned up as high as it will go. When times were good these folks were welcomed to come and work cheaply to fuel business growth. Cheap labor was a good thing and everyone looked the other way. In today's world there's no money to pay for all the services being consumed by legal citizens, much less illegals. In essence, the court ruled that despite this set of dire circumstances it is still the Congress that must act on matters regarding immigration. This means that it once again falls into the lap of the politicians, in an election year. It's a mess folks. Even more so with the election looming because we have not even begun to see all the games that will be played, on all sides. One final word: It's a mess folks! Now here in these parts they coined a phrase for what it means to ride out a hurricane, it's called 'hunker down'. It just strikes me as being a pretty good way to describe what we need to do as we get ready for this upcoming election storm.
I am well aware that many would rather not be reminded of these things. They like to hear funny stories and anecdotes. Me too. However, no amount of happy talk is going to make these things to go away. In many ways these are some of the most challenging times we've faced. Why? Because the wisdom of man is not enough. As bad as reality gets, I can even get more down thinking about the choices in the upcoming election. I'm sorry folks but I just don't get it. From any and all sides. That's why I have been consistent in my conclusions, over time, that God and God alone is our only hope. Now for the good news. Trusting Him is where will will find our confidence and the strength we need to carry on, while He works out, in the good times and the bad, His plan, His purpose, and His will. After all, He knows just how messed up we are and He also knows how much we can mess things up. Thankfully, He specializes in repair and restoration of cracked pots, and to paraphrase the Apostle Paul, I could claim to be the chief of cracked pots and we as a people can all say Amen to that. May God help is my prayer.
Amen. .....More later.
Good morning and welcome. It's Wednesday, June 27, 2012, and I do send out a hello to one and all where we sit on the edge of our seat awaiting the decision by the US Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of the Obama-care legislation. You were not even aware of this? How were things on your long journey away from the states? It's a big deal because the administration has busily been pushing portions of it forward making it more painful to change or disengage. And, that is one of their main arguments, we've gone too far to change it now. What a mess. I wasn't surprised that the Court struck down most of the Arizona state laws pertaining to immigration enforcement. Under our form of government immigration has always been the responsibility of the Federal Government. The fact that the system is horribly broken does not change the responsibility from the feds to the states. But what about these run away costs being incurred by the states for services that MUST be provided to illegals? Good question but not a new one. That's been with us for years through Republican and Democrat controlled administrations. 
I am well aware that many would rather not be reminded of these things. They like to hear funny stories and anecdotes. Me too. However, no amount of happy talk is going to make these things to go away. In many ways these are some of the most challenging times we've faced. Why? Because the wisdom of man is not enough. As bad as reality gets, I can even get more down thinking about the choices in the upcoming election. I'm sorry folks but I just don't get it. From any and all sides. That's why I have been consistent in my conclusions, over time, that God and God alone is our only hope. Now for the good news. Trusting Him is where will will find our confidence and the strength we need to carry on, while He works out, in the good times and the bad, His plan, His purpose, and His will. After all, He knows just how messed up we are and He also knows how much we can mess things up. Thankfully, He specializes in repair and restoration of cracked pots, and to paraphrase the Apostle Paul, I could claim to be the chief of cracked pots and we as a people can all say Amen to that. May God help is my prayer. Amen. .....More later.
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