We Reap What We Sow
Apparently the White
House referred to Christmas Trees as Holiday Trees for the first time this year
which prompted CBS presenter, Steven Levy, to present this piece which I would
like to share with you. I think it applies just as much to many countries as it
does to America.
A little sanity
please . I Only hope we find GOD again
before it is too late.
The following was
written by Steven Levy and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession:
I don't like
getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting
pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick
and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept
came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the
Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat...
Or maybe I can put
it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities
and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign
that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where
these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.
In light of the
many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This
is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.
In light of recent
events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.. I think it started when
Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago)
complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone
said you better not read the Bible in school... The Bible says thou shalt not
kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Steven
Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave, because
their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem
(Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's
talking about.. And we said okay..
Now we're asking
ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from
wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and
themselves.
Probably, if we
think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a
great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'
Funny how simple
it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell.
Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.
Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but
when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about
sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through
cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and
workplace.
Are you laughing
yet?
Funny how when you
forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because
you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending
it.
Funny how we can
be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you
think it has merit.
If not, then just
discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought
process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
God Bless America!