The ideas our government has...

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. It could not be any simpler than that.
Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections.

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

by: Ed Will

It's time to love Him

I've realized that having a willing heart, a humble spirit, and a life lived to love is the kind of people God uses. The funny thing is that none of these things are attainable without the grace of God. As I was reminded by reading an old post of mine, we cannot even love God without God's help. So why is it that he delights in us so much? Why does he take so much joy in us? Our incapable, unloving selves? We are His children. And by his grace we are made and molded into the children of God we were meant to be.

But we so easily get lost. So easily get turned around, confused, and devastated. Yet he still loves us. As it says in my favorite song by Cody Karnes, "I'm all He says I am, and He says I am His all."

I am fearless. I am beautifully and wonderfully made. I have all my needs met. I have no worries, no anxieties, and no fears. I have confidence. I am talented and gifted. I am joyful. I am loving. I am humble. I am willing. I am comfortable with being uncomfortable. I am who He says I am; I am His all.

So who are we to say that we're not good enough? Who are we to say that God can't use us? He says He can.

In our weaknesses, He is made strong. It's time for us to believe it.

To add a note, my beautiful friend, Malorie Grace, says, "This semester I'm reminding myself that everyday is signiicant and I'm going to look at it with the perspective of growth and greatness. I want my life to be an earthly representation of who God is, though I know I'll never come close to His perfect goodness. I want people to see HIM and not me. I don't want my exhaustion, anxiety, or whatever it is to get in the way of God."

To let nothing get in the way between us, and Him. Hmmmm Sounds so perfect.

Pam's Story

Pam's Story

In a recent email, I read about a woman named Pam, who knows the pain of 
considering abortion. More than 24 years ago, she and her husband Bob were

serving as missionaries to the Philippines and praying for a fifth child.
Pam contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused by 
a parasite found in contaminated food or drink. She went into a coma and 
was treated with strong antibiotics before they discovered she was
pregnant.

Doctors urged her to abort the baby for her own safety and told her that
the medicines had caused irreversible damage to her baby. She refused the
abortion and cited her Christian faith as the reason for her hope that her

son would be born without the devastating disabilities physicians
predicted. Pam said the doctors didn't think of it as a life, they thought

of it as a mass of fetal tissue.

While pregnant, Pam nearly lost their baby four times but refused to
consider abortion. She recalled making a pledge to God with her husband:
If you will give us a son, we'll name him Timothy and we'll make him a
preacher.

Pam ultimately spent the last two months of her pregnancy in bed and
eventually gave birth to a healthy baby boy August 14, 1987. Pam's
youngest son is indeed a preacher. He preaches in prisons, makes hospital
visits, and serves with his father's ministry in the Philippines . He also

plays football. Pam's son is Tim Tebow.

The University of Florida 's star quarterback became the first sophomore
in history to win college football's highest award, the Heisman Trophy.
His current role as quarterback of the Denver Broncos has provided an
incredible platform for Christian witness. As a result, he is being called

The Mile-High Messiah.

Tim's notoriety and the family's inspiring story have given Pam numerous
opportunities to speak on behalf of women's centers across the country.
Pam Tebow believes that every little baby you save matters. I pray her
tribe will increase!

May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always!

Realizing that nothing can help you but God is a scary thought. Realizing that everything society has told us is a lie. That no amount of boys, no movie, no book, no song, not even the acceptance of others will last more than a day. Everything our society is built upon has left people with holes in their lives, and wanting them to be filled they search in the wrong places which leads to more despair, more loneliness. Without God, what is it all? what does it all mean? Without God, who are we? Wonderful? Beautiful? No. None of those things. Anything good is out of question when we don't have Him. But He wants us. He desires us. So who are we to say no to the God of all creation?