What’s wrong with this picture:
“The love of money is the root of all evil.” Money represents physical resources, our labor, inheritance, and other forms of tangible wealth. For most of us, our savings represents our past labor converted and stored as a means to pay for future goods and services- retirement. Money in itself is not evil for it provides a means to store our current labor for the future, a noble cause. The problem arises when you leave Love for mankind out of the equation. When you disregard “your neighbor” then you have broken the most fundamental Biblical Law: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. This is where the problem lies. When you sacrifice your fellow man’s wellbeing to satisfy your own lusts, you have become lawless. When you are empowered to continue the lawlessness, those who have power and authority over you also open themselves up to judgment. The current system is giving rise to a destructive force that will ultimately place the citizenry in peril. A house divided against itself cannot stand. The 2010 elections will continue to uncover the primary culprits but it is not known if the electorate will finally respond with “enough”.
President Obama has cancelled the “National Day of Prayer Service” this year: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/05/obama-cancels-national-prayer-day-service.html This continues to speak of the corporate departure of the nation as a “Christian” nation. For those who study history know that this direction ultimately yields destruction to nations who depart from their Biblical roots. The government is to serve the people, not the opposite. We have people who have lost their jobs, lost their homes, lost their dignity, to a system that once protected the average family from special interests. I pray that the revelation of Love permeate the hearts of the people before long.
The following 12 minute video clip summarizes what I have been writing (and warning) about for the last few years:
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The problem is so large that only Our Heavenly Father’s intervention will actually “fix” the problem. Otherwise, “We’re toast”!