Living in the Land of Plenty....
I'm reminded of a friend who was a social worker and she was telling me a tale about one of her people in need. Carmen said that after a period of time that many relatives from Central America had joined this person here in Florida.
Asking why so many had given up their home land she was told that all of the relatives were encouraged to come to.....'The Land of Plenty'....
That we are but I hear cries of 'More, More, More'.
Enough already!
Getting an e-mail from our son, Chuck, in Turkana, Kenya, Chuck said that a young teen-age son had walked 100km (60 miles) in 110%F to get medicine for his mother. It took him 2 days... then he and Terry drove the young man back with the medicine in order to aid the mother quickly.
Is it any wonder that we are called.....The Land of Plenty? Walk into any pharmacy and see...the land of plenty...
Grocery stores, Wal-Marts, Malls, Car Dealers, Banks, Churches etc. reflect this Land of Plenty.
Now we need help with a 'bail out' from this mentality. Does this mean that we are perhaps.....out of control?
I think Billy Graham's prayer for our Nation says it more clearly...
Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,' and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.
Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation
'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free.
Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation
'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free.
Amen
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