"Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right." ~ John Donne
Naaman proved he was a man of faith, yet it took a servant to force him to understand that the obvious is sometimes not only the easiest, but the most appropriate thing to do. Today's Christian must look at the Whole Word. Not just select the few pieces of language that support the political and irrational motive of their inner lust. Yes, I said lust. When one allows their entire being to be overcome by something outside the Will of God, it is lust of a certain kind.
Whether it be focused on cleansing the world of homosexuals, abortionists, or liberals; gaining wealth, imposing your belief on others or out shouting the people across the aisle; or maybe its just not understanding that democracy is freedom for all in their "OWN" land, under their "OWN" elected leaders (whether we saw it coming or not).
According to AP, The Bush administration said Thursday it will ask Congress for $120 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I thought he declared victory two years ago? Where is the money coming from? Since he has promised to cut taxes once again, during war time, it certainly makes sense, doesn't it? The debt continues to grow, the programs fail, the country slides into despair, people loose faith, wasn't this what it was like when Hoover was in charge?
Our local congregation just under went a severe breakup, because the pastor forgot his main purpose as the shepard his flock: to keep it together and nourish the members. He became self-important, self-serving, self-absorbed. He carried with him about 80 out of 500 plus members. The people that left with him seemed to almost worship "him" instead of God. They became a social club for people that needed like minds, not spiritual uplifting. Vengance is mine says the Lord....
"As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit." ~ Emmanuel Teney
And now: Arlingon, Va.- KBR announced today that the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) component has awarded KBR an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contingency contract to support ICE facilities in the event of an emergency. KBR is the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton (NYSE:HAL).
With a maximum total value of $385 million over a five-year term, consisting of a one-year based period and four one-year options, the competitively awarded contract will be executed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. KBR held the previous ICE contract from 2000 through 2005. The fat just keep getting fatter......
"Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him the longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of the confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world." ~ Albert Camus
"In a democracy . . . good will without competence and competence without good will, are both equivalent formulas for political disaster" ~ Theodore H. White
"I tell kids to read like a wolf. Read when they tell you not to read; read what they tell you not to read.” ~ Gary Paulsen
"The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same." ~ Stendal (Marie Henri Beyle), novelist (1783-1842)
"The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them." ~ Albert Einstein
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith." ~ Henry Ward Beecher
"All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation." ~ W. H. Auden
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