Sep 29 2008
Faith in Government
Jesus said if we only had the faith of a mustard seed we could move a mountain. At times I struggle with having enough faith in God. I like many other people should know better because God has always been there for me, but yet I still doubt in times of trouble. Faith in God can be difficult at times and that is with A God who loves me and has come through for me time and time again and in fact every time when it comes down to what I really need and what’s best for me.
So it really amazes me that so many put faith in government. Our government is not perfect. Our particular government and the republic that it is, is much better than many other types of governments and maybe the best we have. But it is continuing to get worse though. Why it’s getting worse I’ll save for another time, as that’s not the focus of what I’m writing about. So even though I am strongly behind our country let me be frank. Our government has many many times failed and made bad decisions, and will continue to do so, this includes Republican, Democrats and other administrations. Our government has flaws and is run by imperfect people. Even at it’s best, and with the leaders really wanting to make the right decisions, they some times make the wrong decisions or take too long to make a decision. So why do so many people have faith that the government will save them in one way or another? Our founding fathers knew that a sinful humanity would be the most serious threat to eroding our government from what they hoped it would be, which was a government for the people by the people with limited scope so that all of it’s citizens would live free from tyranny.
But today many people have faith that the government will save the poor or that the government will take care of the financial crisis that we face or that government will provide them with a job. But our government was not designed to do these things and even if it was, it would still very likely be extremely inefficient at doing so. As individuals we need to take responsibility for our personal needs and decisions. The government cannot save anyone, so no matter who you vote for this election don’t vote for someone who you think will save you, because I can almost guarantee you that they will fail at that job.
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This bailout has a 19% approval rating. Which is just slightly higher than that of Congress, and right on par with Dubya. So again, who are all these people you’re talking about? Where do you find them? Can you get them to leave?