These uncertain times...

...we live in are starting to get the attention of many. The idea of how life has always seemed to just work is slipping through our fingers. Most are being affected by the way the world has changed. Food prices, gas prices, home foreclosure's, loss of jobs, should I say more? In my lifetime I have never seen a time when people who really wanted to work couldn't find work. A time when the basics of life are not easy to come by. As a pastor I see it every day. Phone calls for assistance come in daily. Then people wonder why the church isn't doing the job that they think it should be doing. We are strapped because people who did give can't give like they did give. They are struggling also.

I get so tired of the negative political ads. All they are really doing is telling people that if you want to get ahead of someone else then just bring out the bad stuff about that person so everyone will have a poor opinion of them. What would happen if that were happening in our school elections for class president? Our kids would be in real trouble. What an example our children are seeing from us. This is exactly what we all hated, being made fun of or someone cutting us down in front of others. But we excuse it because they are government leaders. I think it should be against the law to run a negative add of any kind. I don't care if it is politics or cell phone service. Our whole society seems to be based on defaming others, and we accept it like it is normal. The Ten commandments actually say thou shalt not bear false witness. Boy that idea is out the door. If you want to win in this world you got to make something up about your opponent. Their is no true honor or real pride in this country. God help us! We deserve punishment and I know it's coming. Stock market crash, more hurricanes, tornadoes, food contamination's, cancer, you name it and more are coming. I say again, God help us!