Thursday, March 02, 2006
More Or Less, Make Up You Mind
Recent polls and surveys (I don't trust either) say Americans want less government in their lives. Now comes a natural disaster of Biblical proportions, read Katrina. For several days prior to the arrival of this massive hurricane, the warnings went out. People, civilians, local, and state officials, ignored the possible impact. Public safety is the responsibility of (in this order): individuals, family, local law enforcement, local disaster management, state law enforcement, state disaster management, federal law enforcement, and finally, federal disaster management.
It's six ,months later, and we get the news that the president was briefed on the possible destruction a few hours before landfall. And the point is? The whiners want more government when it suits their needs and less when the government does things and takes action on issues that ought to be common sense (please don't construe this to suggest that everything the government does is in everyone's best interest). It reminds me of the story of the guy clinging to a life raft in the ocean praying for God to save him. A Coast Guard helicopter arrives; they drop a rescuer in a basket to the guy. He tells the rescuer "No thanks, God will save me". After repeated attemps to coax the soggy victim into the basket, the Coast Guard chopper left the scene. The guy was never heard from or seen again.
God helps those who help themselves. God also expects us to help our fellow man.
I believe in the power of prayer and I also believe a lot of people were praying before, during,and after Katrina. Those prayers were answered when hundreds and thousands of people had sense of enough to leave and to help others out of harms way. As soon as someone can prove to me that the president of the United States is more powerful than God, I'll start blaming him.
It's six ,months later, and we get the news that the president was briefed on the possible destruction a few hours before landfall. And the point is? The whiners want more government when it suits their needs and less when the government does things and takes action on issues that ought to be common sense (please don't construe this to suggest that everything the government does is in everyone's best interest). It reminds me of the story of the guy clinging to a life raft in the ocean praying for God to save him. A Coast Guard helicopter arrives; they drop a rescuer in a basket to the guy. He tells the rescuer "No thanks, God will save me". After repeated attemps to coax the soggy victim into the basket, the Coast Guard chopper left the scene. The guy was never heard from or seen again.
God helps those who help themselves. God also expects us to help our fellow man.
I believe in the power of prayer and I also believe a lot of people were praying before, during,and after Katrina. Those prayers were answered when hundreds and thousands of people had sense of enough to leave and to help others out of harms way. As soon as someone can prove to me that the president of the United States is more powerful than God, I'll start blaming him.
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that makes a lot of sense. i really do believe that if the church would spend more time helping the poor and if we all as individuals would do our part to help our neighbors then we wouldn't have to depend on the government so much for welfare and things like that.
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