Thought you'd never ask

Everyone has thoughts on stuff. The economy, the weather. The govenment.



Usually two sides to every story. Not always though. I mean, if you got a person out there knocking people in the head with a club, I'd guess everyone would be against that! Especially if you happen to be the ones getting hit.



About 6 months before my dad passed away, in 1994, he made the comment, "son, this getting old really sucks. (he was 80). I wake up hurting and I go to bed hurting. It just never occured to me that this is the way it would be, getting old. I just figured one day I'd wake up dead and that'd be the end of it. Not all this aching and pain and stuff, just go to bed one night and wake up dead".

I know what he was talking about now. I don't really count myself as being old, not real old anyway. But the years of my youth are coming back to talk to me more and more. Those years of playing ball, hurting my knees, my back, my fingers, my toes...it seems like everything I hurt between the ages of 16 and 40 have just recently decided to start hurting and not stop.

I suppose I should thank God that I'm here to feel the pain. I will also thank Him for the resolve that I know is on the other side.



I've come to the conclusion, that if you do believe in God or if you don't believe in God, we've got to get on the same team here for a bit and do some work for our country. I have read examples of this happening back in WWII. Here at home everyone pulled together, to help with the war effort, to keep our country strong. That is what we have got to do now. The economic picture is really bleak right now. I know the govenment is "giving" away billions of dollars, but come on people, that's got to be paid back. I keep having thoughts of pushing a wheel barrow into McDonalds. It's laden down with dollar bills. I order a # 4 to go, pick up my order and leave the wheel barrow to pay for it! It can't go on like this, the dollar can't take this much longer. I see it being just a matter of months before it has to be officially devalued! Has this ever happend in the history of our nation?



Christians, Jews, Muslems, Hindu, whatever, it's the 21st century, can't we just get along? When was the last time a congregation of Baptists all joined together, marched down the street and bombed the Methodist church building? Huh, when? NEVER that's when. So why do the Muslems think that's the way to show your displeasure? Makes no sense at all. How can you profess to be peace loving, when piece causing is what you do? Can't judge a book by it's cover you say, then show me the whole book. Stop showing me the "few" that give the "many" a bad name. I want to get along, I want to be friends. I'm not niave. We have cultural differences, but that is not something you kill somebody over.



God tells us the greatest of all things is LOVE. Let's give it a chance.