Goodbye Tears

Dear Son:(We think of you that way even though you are our son-in-law)

The weeks of waiting for a specified leave date has finally come. The day that we all have dreaded will be here soon. Before you go I wanted you to know some things.

I have been watching you these last few weeks. The amount of love you have poured into living your life, dedicating every free moment to spend quality time with your wife and your son, has been amazing to watch. You've used every opportunity to let them know how much they mean to you, and how much you love them. I know that their well-being weighs heavily on your heart, and I won't tell you not to worry because that won't do much good. I will tell you that they will be just fine. Maybe not at first, but they soon will be able to function and will wait anxiously for the day they can wrap their arms around you and hold you close again.

You made a commitment to your family, to keep them safe from evil and you have kept it. Now you must take it one step further. The evil we all face on a daily basis is hard enough to try and keep at bay, but the world wide evil we all face now seeks to destroy every thing as we know it. It takes brave men like you to stand in the gap for the rest of us, to hold this evil away from our homes and our families. It takes men like you, men who think less of themselves and give freely for the benefit of their country and society as a whole. It takes men like you who have God as the strength they need in times as hard as these.

You are an honest man. One who can be trusted with the lives around you. You are a moral man. One who has the highest standards of faith as a part of his life. You are a man of integrity. One who keeps his word even if it the hardest thing in the world for you to do.

Now in just a few short days we will get together to send you and your fellow soldiers to a place we wish you didn't have to go. We will be there trying, but failing, to be brave. We will try to hold back the tears, but again we will fail. But as we cry the goodbye tears we will stand tall with pride, proud that you are the brave, honest, moral man of integrity that you are. Proud that you and many others like you are prepared to do what it takes to protect your family and your country from the evil men and women bent on destroying the world.

So go now. Be safe. Make good decisions and come home soon.

God's Speed!

Presidential Faith

The Sojourners sponsored a debate to give the Democrats an opportunity to "explain" their faith. Hmm. I did not watch but caught the sound bites. In viewing those sound bites I have never seen folks so uncomfortable as they were taking about their faith. Could it be they really don't have any, because their statements did not convince me. Neither did their body language.

I don't see how some of these folks sleep at night knowingly deceiving people about some faith they really don't aspire to. There is no evidence in their public life to show me this. And don't go there with that tired argument that faith is personal and private. It is not. Nowhere in the Bible does it say to hide your faith. And these folk hide their's until it is prudent to let someone know that they even think about God once a year or so.

I don't buy this attempt by the liberals to show they have what a lot of "faith based" voters base their vote on.

Living by faith is a daily lifestyle, lived by the moment. Not without failure, but with the conviction that God is in control of what you do and say. Still, no evidence. Churches have given over to the government our responsibility of taking care of the poor and widows. Much like Adam gave over paradise. Many have bought into entitlement. Entitled to what exactly?

I usually don't look for a candidate to say he is a Christian. It is too easy to lie. But if he does say, then I look for evidence in his walk. As the old saying goes, "The proof is in the pudding".

Good day.

Hooray For Law and Order!

Anybody here feel really bad for Paris Hilton? Come on raise your hand. I know someone out there is really upset at her re-incarceration. Because she is crying for her mommy she should receive compassion? You really think she is getting a raw deal. You bleeding hearts think crime should go punished with a slap on the hand.

The rule of law should pertain to one and all. Hollywood has, to date, given the impression that if you are a "celebrity" you deserve special treatment. Robert Blake, Mel Gibson, O. J. Simpson, ZaZa Gabor to name a few and the list is way to long to finish and I am really to tired anyway. No one, no one is above the law. Even Moses found himself punished for breaking God's rules. What will one of these nut cases have to do to receive the proper punishment. We already know from two of them they even get away with murder.

When I was 15 and starting to drive my dad sat me down and laid out the rules. Actually, only one rule that really stuck with me. My dad said, "If you get into trouble with the law, don't call me that night because I won't get up and come get you and I will have to think hard about it the next day too". Let me tell how much of an impression that made. I remember those words exactly as he spoke them and I am now 52. I feared the possibility of spending time in jail. Not only did I fear it but I was terrified and I never have been in one as a resident.

Where did this all start? Who knows, but I do remember hearing these words as a young adult listening to parents whose children get into trouble; "Not my child". But you don't have to live in L. A. for these things to happen. It happens in small town America as well. There are folks in every town that feel they are entitled to special treatment. The truth is there are people in every town that get special treatment, but that doesn't make it right.

So what is to be done? There is a simple answer. Go by the rules! Everyone would be happier, you could have the utopia that some people aspire to, and our jails would be nearly empty not bursting at the seams.

So, today go by the rules. Be curtieous and kind to others and for goodness sake don' act like a spoiled little rich girl.

The View From Here

As a first post on this site, I want you to know that we will look at a lot of different topic. Religion, politics, family and general life issues.

I am pretty ticked off that we have begun the Presidential campaign so soon. But now I figure since I won't be able to completely turn them off I might as well sound off.

So much will be talked about in the media so we will try to look at it with honest and maybe humorous eyes. At least I hope so. Honest for sure. It will be hard to be humorous sometimes even though I find some of the talking points down right dumb.

I'll be back soon with more as I tweak this site.