Keep The Faith

"I have been driven to my knees many times, because I had no other place to go," Abe Lincoln.  Not a bad place to go, if you need some type of guidance in your life.  I don't think anyone in America would disagree, with the fact that our country is going through difficult times.  We see daily, where other countries are fighting in the streets, looking for some kind of stability in their lives.  I hope and, yes I pray that our country is not heading in the same unrest among the American people.

Some friends and I were discussing our life back in the forties and fifties.  We had no health insurance, no medicare, no social security, no tax deductions, no checking and saving accounts, no indoor plumbing, and in many
family homes, no electricity.  We were not blessed with one-a-day vitamins, fish oil, and we have more over-the-counter supplements than Carter's liver pills.  Oh!  We did not even have "stool softeners,"  We had "Grover's chill tonic", which I think was made out of the ashes from the fireplace, and Castor oil.  Keep those pipes clean, and everything runs better.

The great thing is; the seven types of taxes we have in the complicated tax code.  There is the "Income Taxes", "Property Taxes", "Consumptive Taxes", "Corporate Taxes", "Payroll Taxes", "Capital Gains Taxes", "Inheritance or Estate Taxes".  Of course, these taxes are broken down into other taxes, such as county, city, gas and so on and so on. 
Benjamin Franklin once said, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes."  While few people relish paying taxes, everyone enjoys having good schools, roads and services.  In the end, taxes improve our overall quality of life.  I think! A little "serious" and a little "funny" never hurt anyone!   Keep the faith Dothan!

God Is Waiting for Your Return

 I was thinking how great it would be, if correcting our countries mistakes over the past few years was as simple as using a Spell Check on our computer.  The stress level for many Americans is rising daily.  Jobs are hard to find in all areas of the country.  We hear each day how the cost of our daily needs are increasing.  It is unacceptable for Washington to be building a debt in which our children and grand children will be paying for in the future.  I am not saying anything that is not well known by everyone who might read this article.  This article may not be accepted by the Dothan Eagle.   If it makes print, and people in the Wiregrass area needs someone to talk with, please read the next two paragraphs.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Today, God is present within the hearts of believers. No miracle of medical science can scan our hearts and detect the divine Spirit. But, like Solomon, we can lavish concern on providing the Lord with as beautiful and holy a residence as possible. Through the beauty of our lives others may sense the reality of the God within, who is the source of all our love and godness.

God promises to hear, to forgive, and to heal. God remains on the mountaintop, as His presence remained in the Jerusalem temple.  However deep our valley, God invites us to turn, and climb back to Him.