A Political Turn

Usually this isn't a very political blog, but looking at current events, (GM declaring bankruptcy, the distribution of yet another stimulus bill, and a rising democratic nation) I thought that occasionally, I would get my sixteen year old self on a soap box and propose a few thoughts.

     I'll just start off with the topic of a rise in democracy in the US. Does anyone realize what that would do to our great country's foundations? America was founded on Christian beliefs and all throughout it's history our Christian faith has revealed itself in many different areas. Just pick up any coin you come across. Somewhere on that coin the words "In God We Trust" can be found. Have you ever thought of why you have to swear on the Bible in a court? Or how about all the wonderful testimonies of Christ after September 11th?

     In my opinion, it will be a sad day, when America forgets everything that God has blessed her with. Many of the freedoms that we have soon could be taken from us, right under our noses. And I'm not trying to scare anyone, because I know that everything is going to work out for the best for me. (Romans 8:28) After all, look at what happened to Rome when they forgot their roots...

     I want to leave you guys with this...

There's an old story worth retelling about a band of wild hogs which lived along a river in a secluded area of Georgia. These hogs were a stubborn, ornery, independent bunch. They had survived floods, fires, freezes, droughts, hunters, dogs and everything else. No one thought they could ever be captured.

One day a stranger came into a town not far from where the hogs lived and went into the general store. He asked the storekeeper, "Where can I find the hogs? I want to capture them." The storekeeper laughed at such a claim but pointed in the general direction. The stranger left with his one-horse wagon, an ax and a few sacks of corn.

Two months later he returned, went back to the store and asked for help to bring the hogs out. He said he had them all penned up in the woods. People were amazed and came from miles around to hear him tell the story of how he did it.

"The first thing I did," the stranger said, "was clear a small area of the woods with my ax. Then I put some corn in the center of the clearing. At first, none of the hogs would take the corn. Then after a few days, some of the young ones would come out, snatch some corn and then scamper back into the underbrush. Then the older ones began taking the corn, probably figuring that if they didn't get it, some of the other ones would. Soon they were all eating the corn. They stopped grubbing for acorns and roots on their own.

"About that time, I started building a fence around the clearing, a little higher each day. At the right moment, I built a trap door and sprung it. Naturally, they squealed and hollered when they knew I had them, but I can pen any animal on the face of the earth if I can first get him to depend on me for a free handout!" (Mr. Lawrence W. Reed "Are We Going the Way of Rome?)