On A More Serious Note..

I seem to have to constantly defend myself and my beliefs in my environment today. Granted, this is a strained political time and there are so many touchy subjects, but I seem to get over emotional while in debate about my beliefs, so I think I'll just make a list for all those who care and they can just reference this and pick me apart then. Enjoy.

I will not preach fear to the future generation. 
I will not be a negative "this world is going to hell!" person. I see great things being done in Christ's name all around us. My children will not grow up with a mentality of wishing the world was a different place. I do understand that Christians will be persecuted, but I will teach my children that persecution is nothing to fear if you have Christ in your heart. I choose to think positively about our world and government.
There is no reason to live your life shivering in your boots, afraid of what might come to be.


I believe that programs such as welfare and universal healthcare DO benefit people!
Let's go ahead and get this out of the way: people will and do take advantage of them. A wise man once told me that it doesn't matter what you do, some people will take advantage of "the system" in one way or another.  My point is: there are needy children, families that work as hard as they can and don't even make enough to stay above the poverty line, and elderly that NEED these programs. If ONE family can benefit, I will gladly give more of my taxes to allow this to happen. If it bothers you that much that a select group of people take advantage of the system and you feel like you're being cheated out of your tax dollars- use your profession, your attitude, your church and your character to actually help change it. AND QUIT COMPLAINING!

I believe in separation of church and state. 
If you push something in someone's face, eventually they will turn away from it. I believe it is our jobs as Christians to spread God's word- not the government's. (Think about it- a majority of the people in government aren't actually Christians- why in the world would we want them representing us?!) I don't know about you, but I don't have to have a prayer over the intercom each morning to maintain my relationship with Christ. I feel like God actually spends a good amount of time laughing about this because most Christians spend more time complaining about this subject then they do in prayer. My God is bigger than any government, and I believe building government upon only Christian beliefs (although it may seem great to us) only makes people of different faiths turn a deaf ear to what we as Christians are saying.