Jesus_is_LORD
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You are correct, it will get worst before it gets better.
Concerning being factual, you are sharing your experiences. The fuller picture is always more complex.
Once again I never got a response from you concerning leadership and policy vs money.
Once again, I'm not saying money is not needed so I beg you , don't make the strawman argument telling me
why money is important. I'm not saying money is not.
Listen clearly, ready? Are you listening?? Ok.
I'm saying that your emphasis on money is disproportional to the impact and effect of money.
If my house is burning down, yes it is important to get my belongings out and time should be spend
doing that; but I should spend more time first calling the fire department; putting more time where
the time spent gets more results. So you are putting much emphasis on money which is important (yes
I want my belongs out of the house if it is burning), but you should not elevate it above the importance
of leadership and policy.
Man, I hear you talk about Joe Biden all the time. Clearly you think he has
bad leadership, clearly you do. So practically you are already living out my position. You are talking
about his bad leadership as you see it, but you are ignoring the application to this situation of the
principle that you are already living out (bad leadership),
If you thought John Biden is doing a terrible job, giving his administration more money does not
make him do a better job for our country (Get it?). "Come on mann" you know this, (John Biden accent) loll.
Stop resisting the truth it is so evident that good leadership is more important than money that it isn't even funny
how clear this truth is.
Once again I'm not saying money is not needed so responding and speaking about all the reasons
we need money shows that you are not listening, I say this with respect.
I'm saying we need to emphasize leadership and good polices more and here is a thought
that perhaps you may have not considered. Maybe if we make a sacrifice in the little that you think
we have, God will reward us and bless us as a nation for being a blessing to others.
Isn't that Biblical??
"Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days."
-Ecclesiastes 11:1
"The principle Solomon seems to be advancing is that we should approach life with an investment mentality. Bread is a way to consume our financial resources, and an investment is a deferral of consumption. Rather than consume our bread (and then it’s gone), we can increase it by investing. The best way to keep something is often to let it go. Interestingly, this is not phrased as a suggestion, but rather a command that asserts cause and effect. To cast our bread on the surface of the waters involves releasing control of something precious, our bread, our money, our sustenance. The Bible generally portrays the sea as an image of chaos. We are being admonished to cast our resources into a sea of uncertainty. The reality is that all of life is a sea of uncertainty.
Whether we launch the bread in a basket or a boat, we don’t have control of where it goes, what storms it might encounter, or what tides it may catch. But Solomon asserts that we will find it after many days. The opposite attitude would be hoarding. Jesus spoke of a man who decided to hoard his possessions by building extra barns and storing all that he had to fund a long and luxurious retirement. But Jesus noted the man died unexpectedly, and his stored grain did him no good (Luke 12:16-21). Being “rich toward God” requires continuing to invest our resources in the community around us."
Ecclesiastes 11:1-5
Your thoughts are welcomed. God Bless
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