October 9, 2008
World needs a new definition of success
What started out as a refreshing presidential campaign, facing our challenges squarely while being courteous and respectful to those who disagree, has turned into the same old fashioned mud-slinging, blood fest.
The American dream has turned into a nightmare for many. Working hard and playing by the rules doesn’t automatically lead to success anymore. Every day more and more Americans pray for ability to just comfortably survive.
The problems facing our nation and the world can be traced much farther back then the last eight years under George W. Bush. Our definition of success needs to be re-defined.
Every politician the world over needs to focus on three goals, four every Christian should desire; peace on earth, to end famine on this planet, literally establish a universal healthcare system, and in addition, for the believer— win the world for Christ.
Lofty goals. Worthy goals, and I believe, obtainable goals. Goals like these offer hope to the spirit of man and a world in chaos. In previous political campaigns phrases like, “I want a kinder, gentler nation,” or a vision expressed of “A thousand points of light.” Breathed life in the soul of a nation.
I don’t expect anyone to offer an easy ten point plan to Nirvana. It’s unrealistic to believe people all over the world will someday rise above the flesh and walk in the fear of the Lord. For inhabitants of the earth to insist that everyone live as civilized human beings, live simply, so that other may simply live, is a reasonable expectation. To compare the world as it is to the world as it should be, as it could be, as it was created to be, is a vivid and valid way to gauge how far mankind has fallen.
World needs a new definition of success
What started out as a refreshing presidential campaign, facing our challenges squarely while being courteous and respectful to those who disagree, has turned into the same old fashioned mud-slinging, blood fest.
The American dream has turned into a nightmare for many. Working hard and playing by the rules doesn’t automatically lead to success anymore. Every day more and more Americans pray for ability to just comfortably survive.
The problems facing our nation and the world can be traced much farther back then the last eight years under George W. Bush. Our definition of success needs to be re-defined.
Every politician the world over needs to focus on three goals, four every Christian should desire; peace on earth, to end famine on this planet, literally establish a universal healthcare system, and in addition, for the believer— win the world for Christ.
Lofty goals. Worthy goals, and I believe, obtainable goals. Goals like these offer hope to the spirit of man and a world in chaos. In previous political campaigns phrases like, “I want a kinder, gentler nation,” or a vision expressed of “A thousand points of light.” Breathed life in the soul of a nation.
I don’t expect anyone to offer an easy ten point plan to Nirvana. It’s unrealistic to believe people all over the world will someday rise above the flesh and walk in the fear of the Lord. For inhabitants of the earth to insist that everyone live as civilized human beings, live simply, so that other may simply live, is a reasonable expectation. To compare the world as it is to the world as it should be, as it could be, as it was created to be, is a vivid and valid way to gauge how far mankind has fallen.
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