May 15, 2013
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Faith, Hope and Charity Can Get Us Through
I am proud to be an American, but I believe our “leaders” have lost touch with what most citizens want America to be like. In these strange times, when more and more control is being exercised over every aspect of our lives, it sometimes seems futile to speak out, and many are tempted to just tune out. Instead, we need to become MORE involved, to educate ourselves about what our founding fathers believed in, and let the politicians know that we must return to a more common sense way of doing things. As private citizens, we know we can not spend more than we take in. Government agencies tend to spend without thinking how to pay for what they do. After all, it is not their money. Let them know WE are their bosses, not the other way around. To do that we need to have faith, hope and charity.
I have faith, in the basic goodness of most people.
I have hope, because every breath we take is a chance to start over again, and improve ourselves, even though I may not know where the next money is coming from.
I believe in charity, because who am I to not help someone in need? I often help people, by giving money when they are shorthanded, and many other random acts of kindness. I myself have been helped by friends, family and even strangers. Charity is the voluntary act of helping others. Government taking more and more of our money, to redistribute it as THEY see fit, is not charity. It may begin with good intentions, but inevitably invites corruption in our system, as much of the money is funneled to friends of the politicians, and special interest groups.
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I believe in God and world peace.
i wish people were nicer.
”i have hope, because every breath we take is a chance to start over again, and improve ourselves.”
you said it perfectly. thats the reason im still alive, because i realised the truth of that statement.
@Findingvanessa - Thank goodness you realized that. I might not have gotten to meet you, otherwise!
Glenn Beck’s Faith, Hope, and Charity posters come to mind.
I think charity is important, even if it just means doing something nice for someone else or being nice to them.
@Xx_IWannaWWIIRomance_xX - @suggestivetongue - Both are absolutely right!
this invites pages of response for which I’ll refrain. it is nice you have a helping hand out and the invitation to others to do so- that helping hand may move us forward rather than backwards.
@I_once_was - Thank you!
I so agree with you 100%
@lonelywanderer2 -
Did you happen to check out the founder’s fridays when he had Sam Adams, George Washington, and Ben Franklin, those were great programs. I can’t wait til he does one on Jefferson!
@grannyinboxers - Thank you! @Xx_IWannaWWIIRomance_xX - Looking forward to that one myself.
Great Post for this weekend!
“faith” “hope” and “charity” are the three theological virtues. which leads me to comment that I find it humorous that you talk about them in relation to America which I fear is becoming Godless…
right on the dot…..
@Chemalexandru - Glad you enjoyed it!
stephened - That is exactly right, and is one of the problems we face. I myself do not follow any one god or group of gods/goddesses, but I still retain the basic ethics espoused by Christianity and most other religions. @escaping_logic - Thank you for reading, and commenting!
Faith in the “basic goodness of most people” is part of the lie that got this country in the mess it’s in. It’s catastrophically misplaced faith, friend. Then again, it’s easier to put your faith in the “goodness of others” than it is in a God who demands repentance and obedience. Look where all this “basic goodness of people” is taking this country. When our faith as a nation was in God, we prospered. Now that it’s in people, I can already smell the smoke. Fire is coming. It’s the people who VOTED these enemies of freedom into office in the first place! Peace to you friend.
strangely enough, we both now have something in common. I, too, am mad at President Obama. Of course from there there is nothing in common, but hey! It’s interesting anyway!
CHARITY –
In Christian theology charity, or love (agapē), means an unlimited loving-kindness toward all others. The term should not be confused with the more restricted modern use of the word charity to mean benevolent giving.
I think we can accept it as a little of both. Without charity we have no foundation upon which to build: a family, country or world. However, even in our charity (love) we should be in control of how our charity (benevolent) monies are spent and that the reciepient of said same is in earnest need.
I agree with all of these points. And I’m glad you pointed out the difference between charity and what the goverment does.
We’re all connected, in a very basic way. As people get into a more complicated mindset, they forget this. The President and others in government are no longer who they are when they started out in public service. It takes daily, intense introspection to keep one’s basic values, once having entered “The System”.
I, too, believe in the basic goodness of the common person.
i think charity has its place, but i know people who have been denied help from charities based on sexuality and religious preference. some things should be offered to all, and automatically.
@flapper_femme_fatale - Charity has little to nothing to do with any organized “charitable organization”. It is a personal, voluntary thing, in which one person helps another just because the one person needs help, and the other person cares, as a fellow human being. There is neither time nor desire to ask about the other person’s religious beliefs or sexuality. Just helping, and usually you don’t know the person before or after. You just help them and move on.
Thought provoking write!!!
In Christs Love
Michelle~