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It Just Makes Life So Much Simpler

This is a follow up to yesterday's post and was topic I set out to write when the brain and the fingers went their own way.  It's about simplicity and not making things more complicated than we ought.  I have been a believer and follower of Jesus Christ my whole life, but went through and extraordinary rebirth when I was 29 years old.  I recommitted my life and took my faith, that had always been a part of me and moved it to the center.  When I did that, all sorts of issues I had been struggling with became so clear.  You see, I no longer had to figure things out, I realized I could trust God.  I could trust the Bible.

Did I go into intellectual coma?  No, actually far from it.  I began reading and researching all of the evidence that supports an intellectual decision to trust the Word of God.  I began studying all the facts around the Scripture and the Science and Archeology behind the absolute truth that is represented in the Bible.  I will list recommended reading as a footnote to this blog and hope you will join me in this exciting pursuit.

I also have determined that through research I am a young Earther.  I believe the scientific evidence supports a literal interpretation of the Bible and the time lines associated with it.  Nobody presents this better than Dr. Kent Hovind - there are dozens of You Tube Videos out there and I have written a couple of blogs regarding this subject Limiting Factors goes into detail.

So when they discover shark fossils in Kansas, I am not perplexed because I understand there was about 4000 years ago and worldwide flood.  When they discover blood vessels and organic tissue around dinosaurs, I do not fret and wonder how this could happen, because I recognize that the dinosaur fossil is not that old.  When they find fossilized John Deere ball caps, I do not wonder how or why the carbon 14 dating says that it is millions of years old.

When the Church is vilified in the media, I understand that there is an Enemy who would do all he could to destroy God's people.

I just have a simple understanding of what this world is all about and who is in control.  It really does make life easier.

Recommended Reading:  I Don't Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist or Author:  Lee Strobel

You Become A Product of Your Environment

Why in this world do we view everything as complicated?  Where did common sense and simple solutions go?  Why does everything need an analysis, a study, and committee?  Culturally, it is very easy to fall into that type of thing.   I spent about 9 years in a very corporate environment where everything was very formal, studied, outlined, and Six Sigma'd to death.  When I changed jobs, I had to completely re-acclimate myself back to the land of "Keep It Simple".  You see, I had become a product of my environment and even though my former company wasn't making a ton of money, getting tons of customers, or doing a very good job - that is how I thought business was done.  You see, I was in the bubble too long and needed to be retrained.

That is my argument for Term Limits.  Simply that we become products of our environment, no matter how much common sense we have when we go into a situation, we acclimate to our surroundings.  No one wants to look like a rube.  No one want to be made to look or feel foolish.  So you get along and go along and before you know it you have forgotten what was so simple about simplicity.

We must stop reelecting career politicians.  I say this and then think - gosh, my Congressman is great and I like my Senator that is up for reelection.  The conundrum would not be put to us if there were mandated term limits, the field would be open to new and exciting candidates and we would not be forced to look at the political realities of the current situation and once again make the Sophie's choice between the lesser of two evils.

This Is Red

That's right, Abigail and Dolley readers, we have entered into a world where our public officials will look at something and declare it is something else.  So it is within this spirit, that I declare the above plant is RED.  Do not let the right wing fringe lie to you and tell you it is green. 

Just as the Tea Party is astroturf and has much in common with the Democratic Party (according to Nancy Pelosi this weekend) and that Global Warming isn't still a pending disaster, in spite of the evidence of scandal, swindle, and fraud (courtesy of Al Gore).  No, we have entered into an age where we look clearly at something and with a straight face declare that it is something else.  It is the height of arrogance and self-delusion.

Folks, it is time to stop accepting this malarkey.  It is time to speak the truth over things, without fear.  Thus, I declare to you the above plant is actually GREEN and I am not afraid to say it.

Jobs Americans Won't Do... Yeah, Right

I have a very "apolitical" friend who has an absolute heart of gold.  One day several years ago she declared, "With all these Illegal Aliens, what are the Pot Heads going to do?"  I laughed and we didn't talk much more about it, but I now see the wisdom in her observation.

We grew up with these guys;  good old boys, with not much use for formal education who want a simple life, a good beer, and a good smoke.  They used to clean your gutters, mow your lawn, and paint your house.  They don't anymore; those jobs are taken by the illegals now.  They used to stock the grocery store shelves and clean your windows - they don't anymore.  These fellows used to frame houses and put up drywall - they don't anymore.

Please do not misunderstand me, I am in no way disrespecting my blue collar bretheren.  Nor am I implying that these men are all "potheads", the above was merely an ancedote.  Men were not made to sit in a cubicle and shuffle papers.  Men were made for physical labor and thrive on the sense of accomplishment that a job well done brings.  Men need tangible evidence of their work - crops, products, cars, buildings.  Sadly, these are the jobs that suffer when unions take over and when government regulators step in.  It is most certainly by supernatural design that the men of this country are attacked and their jobs taken away in record numbers.  Consider that the heaviest job losses are in male dominated fields of agriculture, construction and manufacturing.

Let us not forget these men.  They have built America and it is they that responded to the 9/11 attacks in droves.  It is these folks who help make this country run and it is no coincidence that the destruction of their livelihood has corresponded with the destruction of this country.  Below is a picture of a construction worker carrying a bag out of the rubble of the WTC.

There are about 7 million Americans looking for jobs right now and about 7 million Illegal Aliens - you do the math.