Truth-there are people out there who have it harder than others. The truth of life is that God blesses each of us with what He feels will develop us the most. I may never be a millionaire, and I have also lived through some down and out times with my family as a child, but gosh darn if I didn't learn to appreciate what was given to me through everyone of those experiences! I work in the midst of individuals who are actively enabled in their lives to be lazy. Various levels of government don't want to see their citizens living on the streets, and in turn, work very hard to prevent it where they can. However, through it's very actions the system has foreshadowed a life for each of these families and individuals where hard work and good morals need not exist.
Where did our moral compass get thrown in the wrong direction? People are given a free society in which to make good choices, not just choices. The epic failure of parents to properly raise their children is a significant cause of the degradation of society. Many parents live under the belief in which the government, namely the public education system, will raise their children and teach them valuable life lessons to function as a productive member of society. I don't know how more wrong they could be! The government merely provides supplementation to that in which we vest in each other.
I could go on and write paragraphs about this, but I will not. I have neither the literary know-how to embrace such an argument with a race of people who revels in their own immoral dichotomy of choice. I know so many people out there shun the existence of God, but I will not. I cannot begin to explain the shear moral and ethical awareness Christianity has given me. Are there people out there who have defiled the faith and abused it's teachings, YES! Hopefully this will give all of you even more fire in your hearts to seek the truth on your own. I make mistakes everyday, and God tells me in the bible that I will until the day I lay my head down for the last time. Everyday I wake up with the opportunity to follow the narrow path on a walk God has laid out for me. There will be dips and rises in the path, however, each one is an opportunity for me to learn and grow.
My highlight of the day...
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with us … we are in charge of our attitude.”
-Chuck Swindoll
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