I met a friend in Neillsville today. I got there early, and decided to stop in at The Highground. For those of you not from Wisconsin, The Highground started out as a memorial to the Vietnam veterans, and has grown to a memorial for those who served this country in several wars. There were some new memorials erected since I’d been there last, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to see them.
As I walked around looking at the monuments and reading the stories that went with them, I recalled how moved I was when I went to Washington D.C. and saw some of our biggest monuments. I remembered realizing why God had told the Children of Israel so many times to build monuments. They help us remember important things.
As a Christian today, I ask where are our memorials? We surround ourselves with things that remind us of what we think are important things in this world yet maintain no spiritual memorials. As we try to balance the importance of physical symbols of our faith from idols of worship, we’ve lost our memorials of important people and events of our faith. Gone with the memorials are our memories, and they’ve been replaced with worldly ones.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
To Everyone Who's Emailed Me About the Election
It’s been an interesting 24 hours. First I was in a political conversation with friends, and with the four of us, there were somewhere between 3.5 and 5 opinions on various topics.
On my way home from work, I saw the pro-Life picketers on a main street, near the Planned Parenthood office telling everyone to vote Pro-Life.
In my emails for the day, were links to web sites that send the same message via video, of both presidential candidates talking about abortion at various forums.
Though I remain a Pro-Life person, my question for everyone out there is why is this one subject the biggest deal-breaker in most elections? Why is this one sin greater than all the others? Why are we so worried about the lives of unwanted, unborn children that we don’t intercede before their conception? Let’s pass a law that says sex outside of marriage is illegal. Period. End of subject. Even if you agree with the concept, how many would put the same energy into it as goes into abortion?
I believe the fact that we have laws in place that permit sin at the level that it is (and yes, I mean more than abortion), is an indicator that Christians are not doing their job. If that’s the problem, then let’s solve it. If we believed in God, had a relationship with Him, and lived for Him, we’d be sharing Him with everyone we met. And when we shared Him, people would come to know Him, and they wouldn’t want to do things that displease Him.
I’ve been involved with writing a bill. It’s a complex process. I’ve been involved with the passing of a bill. You put one thing in and something else comes out. I’ve seen the money spent lobbying for legislation. It’s a shame that people go hungry and homeless for the sake of more laws.
If every Christian shared their faith (as opposed to giving their opinion on things) with even one other person, we could solve a whole lot of problems with a lot less work, and for free!
One last footnote…those innocent lives that have been taken, have been given to God. They don’t go through the turmoil that we face…they get ushered into the presence of their Creator. I think sometimes we spend too much time mourning those already with God, and not enough for those who either live with what they did, or who will face judgment for it some day.
For the voting record…I don’t like the one candidate, and I don’t trust the other.
On my way home from work, I saw the pro-Life picketers on a main street, near the Planned Parenthood office telling everyone to vote Pro-Life.
In my emails for the day, were links to web sites that send the same message via video, of both presidential candidates talking about abortion at various forums.
Though I remain a Pro-Life person, my question for everyone out there is why is this one subject the biggest deal-breaker in most elections? Why is this one sin greater than all the others? Why are we so worried about the lives of unwanted, unborn children that we don’t intercede before their conception? Let’s pass a law that says sex outside of marriage is illegal. Period. End of subject. Even if you agree with the concept, how many would put the same energy into it as goes into abortion?
I believe the fact that we have laws in place that permit sin at the level that it is (and yes, I mean more than abortion), is an indicator that Christians are not doing their job. If that’s the problem, then let’s solve it. If we believed in God, had a relationship with Him, and lived for Him, we’d be sharing Him with everyone we met. And when we shared Him, people would come to know Him, and they wouldn’t want to do things that displease Him.
I’ve been involved with writing a bill. It’s a complex process. I’ve been involved with the passing of a bill. You put one thing in and something else comes out. I’ve seen the money spent lobbying for legislation. It’s a shame that people go hungry and homeless for the sake of more laws.
If every Christian shared their faith (as opposed to giving their opinion on things) with even one other person, we could solve a whole lot of problems with a lot less work, and for free!
One last footnote…those innocent lives that have been taken, have been given to God. They don’t go through the turmoil that we face…they get ushered into the presence of their Creator. I think sometimes we spend too much time mourning those already with God, and not enough for those who either live with what they did, or who will face judgment for it some day.
For the voting record…I don’t like the one candidate, and I don’t trust the other.
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