facebook has many good points and bad points. it is great to be able to catch up with old friends, and to be able to share our lives with each another. the bad part is that sometimes in sharing, we share our beliefs that are not always the beliefs of another. we argue about it. money and taxes really do get a rise out people. i thought about this last night, because i was allowing the politics of men to interfere with what GOD may want me to do in this topic.
i read scripture last night regarding the government, taxes and money. first of all there are so many verses about money it is really hard to just pin down one. money is evil when it becomes used for more than just food, clothing and shelter. that's the one thing that we really aren't talking about. we say that we don't need these material possessions, but we still crave them, desire them and envy those that do have them. we want to punish them for it and take it away. greed has set in the heart of every american, and that includes myself.
i kept arguing that we shouldn't pay more taxes, but then i began to question myself on why i was saying that. was i saying it, because i still wanted to buy stuff, or was i saying it because i was worried about being able to provide food, clothing and shelter. i have been allowing the fear and anger of what the government could take from us instead of trusting in GOD. i had to question what i really wanted our government to do, and i finally made a decision. i just want them to provide protection to our citizens from our enemies. i don't want them to do anything else, because i have faith that individuals are good enough to take care of these programs on their own.
i want to pay my property taxes and sales tax (we don't have state taxes here) in the state of texas. my desire is to have them protect our border and the citizens that live here. that's it. i desire communities to provide schools and health care. i desire a community, or the individual to provide the care for a senior that is in need. i think that the responsibility of what goes on in your community should fall to the citizens of that community. that's it. if we truly want to live by the constitution we are going to have to give up everything else, and do exactly what the founding fathers wanted for us; freedom to live.
The rich rules over the poor,and the borrower is the slave of the lender. proverbs 22
this one verse made me think of the united states government in a different light. we are a slave to the lender of the government, and our government is now a slave to those that lent to us. in reality we should only be paying our government taxes to provide protection so we can live on our land safely and freely. that's why this nation was created. we began to up the game on the government on what they should be paying for, and what we weren't willing to pay for anymore. we began to believe that we were all entitled to another man's prosperity without really working for it. envy and greed have filled our hearts.
we became lazy because life was just too hard. i really do think that roosevelt did us a great disservice when he set up benefit programs that became laws in this country. he was doing it to help people and then it turned into an entire nation thinking that they were entitled to all things. everything without working for it. they have become perverted with greed. i pray the hearts of men and women change.
for years now the american people have been shouting at the rooftops to stop spending, go back to the constitution, go back to our founding fathers beliefs and they haven't done it. so now we are a slave to them and we are required by law to give them more. we are now paying for the services we requested from the government to provide. i almost feel bad for our government. the demands of this nation on these men and women have just gotten out of control. how in the world are they going to be able to handle the burden and stress of these demands?
the citizen should be responsible for their food, shelter and clothing. the citizen should be responsible for taking care of the seniors in their lives. the citizen should be responsible for the education of their children. the citizens should be responsible for all of the programs that we want the government to pay for. .
either we can do what is right, or easy. some of us want the government to pay for it, and some don't. well, who's right? GOD instructed the individual to give, not the government. that's what happens when you replace his laws with man's laws. that's where our founding fathers got it right. they chose to let a man give and not tell a man what they had to give. we paid them for the service to protect us from our enemies and that's what they did. that's it. every thing else was the individuals responsibility.
this is why i have such a problem with a government that tells its citizens that they can't talk about GOD because it offends, but abuses GOD's words by telling us that to give to poor. that's why i have problem with christians that go into a church every sunday, don't tithe, they could tithe and then they have the audacity to ask why you aren't giving more to the poor. in my opinion if you are doing that you're stealing from GOD, those in need, and the church.
"Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." 2 corinthians 9:7
the fight we are going through now is going to continue. we have to face the reality because we wanted more, now we are a slave to it. it scares me not because i want more things, but because our very livelihood and freedom could be taken away. i get very angry when people insult the oil industry. my husband goes in everyday to a company that is working very hard to provide energy and goods for your home. he works everyday to find safer ways to provide this for his family, and your family. that his is service to this nation. we just look at the profits with such envy and greed when it comes to oil companies.
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." matthew 6:1-4
my greatest fear now is that the government has changed the rules on how my doctor treats my ms. if i did not have my medical insurance, that we pay for, i would pay over 5,000 a month for my meds. if i get sick i have to take more meds along with the meds i normally take, and that cost is already going up. with the new laws that are regulating the insurance companies and health care i have to prepare us that we will spend more money. this has created another burden on my husband and myself. that precious man does not deserve that. he has worked so hard for his children, and me.
if the government tells my doctor that she can not treat patients to heal and help them, because it costs too much; what are her patients going to do? what if they decide my medicine is too expensive pay for and my MS progresses. i won't be able to physically care for my children. i pray for all the individuals that i know that have a chronic illness, and they will be to get the treatments they need. it just breaks my heart that this is a reality, because of envy, entitlement and greed.
i am convicting your hearts to look at the bigger picture. we are taking away individuals right to live their lives freely and provide. i have to stop writing now, because the tears are falling for our selfishness; including mine.
"Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” matthew 22:17-21
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