A Beautiful Inheritance

So, I really consider myself a very nonconfrontational person. But there are two things that I LOVE to be rather confrontational about: Christianity, specifically the gospel, and politics.

When I first heard about President Obama putting together a speech to be heard nationwide in the public schools, I was rather opposed and outraged. However, when I really began to think about it; I realized Obama is far from our problem. I will be rash in saying that the problem indeed lies with the public school institution. I heard about dozens of Christian parents supposedly in an uproar about having their child listen to an Obaman address, which I must say was a well put together, noncontroversial, concise speech. As far as the parents making agressive remarks about their child listening to the address, I would say it is not the parents’ place to make such an uproar. Parents demand that they have a right to know what their child is learning in school; however, I would venture to say that they have given up their right by handing over their child to the care and education of a socialist and evolutionist institution. Where is the uproar from Christian parents when teachers are telling their kids that there is no such entity as God and the world came into being from who knows what by mere coincidence? Where is the uproar from the Christian parents when teachers are explaining to children how there are some people who are attracted to the same sex and there is nothing wrong with it; on the contrary, it should be accepted and encouraged? Where is the uproar from parents when the Bible is not only NOT being taught in schools as grounds for the law, but is looked down upon? There are much worse things to be worried about than Obama in our public school system. Most Christians don’t agree with Obama and rather dislike him, but unless we begin to stand up against more important issues like evolution, homosexuality, abortion, and other evils of the education system, nothing is going to change. Obama is just acting on the worldview of the school system; the same worldview he was taught. So let’s not raise our fists against Obama, who actually made a decent speech, encouraging conservative ideals, and who even said God bless at the speech’s conclusion; let’s raise our fists against an evolutionist and socialist institution that hates God.

As my energy is creeping back, I have been trying to get up and make Max breakfast every morning to give him a jumpstart for a day of classes and reading. I must say I have never been the best egg fryer. They usually end up looking like less than appetizing mush. However, this morning, I was rather proud of my egg making abilities……

I’m sitting here listening to a chorus of children playing outside with the happy, calming drum of Owl City playing on the stereo, feeling the cool breeze blow in through the windows. Max is reading from his Contracts book, preparing for his 3:30pm class. I just got back from an interview with a Christian mom who needs a housekeeper/personal assistant, who is seriously considering me as a potential candidate. I am 13 weeks today, and moving on into my second trimester.

There are always those days where you feel like you are on the top of a mountain. You think your life song is “Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, everythin’s goin’ my way!” Despite the overwhelming joy of life on these particular days, I can’t help but become cautious of my feelings of total elation. The joy of the Lord is our strength. But oh how many times, I replace the “Lord” with “circumstances.” It is a danger to float aimlessly on cloud 9. When joy and the blessings of the Lord fill our lives, how easy it is to praise the blessings instead of the Blesser. Oh Lord, I thank you for your many blessings! Do not let my pride gain an inch in these times of prosperity! Guard my heart from distraction! To your name be the glory and your name alone! Teach me my place as a mere human being who is subject to your awesome will! Teach my heart to be full of thankfulness and humility! Give me a heart for others who are in need! Let me not dwell on my blessings! Let me dwell on my gracious Blesser!