Posted on 10/27/2009 5:59:26 AM PDT by mikelets456
Like most of you, I have a house and work 5-6 days a week. I have 3 children and a dog. My wife works because we have a child in college and 2 in private school. We work hard all day long and then come home and try to balance time with our family and things that have to get done around the house. Our schedules are busy running from place to place and enjoying the time spent together. In the summer we would hang out with our friends or take a ride to the shore and simply grow as a family. We teach on Sunday mornings to instill God's morals and values in young kids...it is truly a blessing. Our main concerns in life would be:
-Can we get the driveway fixed? -How are the kids doing in school? -When will I find time to cut the lawn? -Am I spending enough time with God, Kids and Wife?
Now things seem different. I find that I wake up early concerned about losing our Freedoms! Never before in my entire life would I have thought this would happen...NEVER! I wake up in panics and begin to pray. My life is consumed with the rapid growth of government and laws that dictate how to live our lives. Laws that mimic those of Cuba and Russia and not of what this great country was founded on. I lament on my children's future and wonder how they will enjoy the freedom that I enjoyed when growing up. My daughter who is in college is very concerned and does not want to spend too much on education in fear that it's a "waste"...(Continued below)
You are not alone, friend.
Pissed off with the elected officials at the town, state and federal levels, I volunteered for a local councilman’s election campaign. At one of his fundraisers, I met the candidate who’s running for county executive. I am now volunteering for his campaign. I’ve secured six votes for this man just by talking to people in my neighborhood. It’s not a lot, but it’s because of my efforts.
I pray a lot. I go to the gun range and fire off a few dozen rounds. Very cathartic.
Prepare a survival kit, if you haven’t done so already.
Be informed, get involved locally, and keep the faith.
NO, no, no...you are not alone. It’s real, its happening and it IS scary.
I never thought I would see the day.
Who raised all these ‘progressives’? How did it happen?
The sad thing is, if our country continues in this fashion, one of these days the non thinking sheep are going to wake up and wonder what hit them...by that time it will be too late. The government may provide them health care, food and a roof but they will have lost everything else that proclaims the spirit of liberty in this legislated ‘equality’.
I don’t know, man. Just take care of your family and do what makes you happy. I don’t mean to be cynical, but maybe you’re making too much of it. Too much to the point that its interfering with your happiness. And that which is interferring is not really there, only speculation that you have created.
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. I can think of a dozen things that MIGHT happen. Then I’ll worry about them, then I’ll be miserable.
I worry about the damage that Zer0 can do. But no one person has the power to take away the freedoms of a country of 300million free people. Even the moonbats would revolt at that point.
...and people telling you to stack up on canned goods.... thats just ridiculous.
Jesus said there will be wars and rumors of wars, but let not your heart be troubled, for these things must come to pass.
Best thing to do is keep praying, don’t watch TV news a lot (or for that matter internet news and sites), and don’t read every political email you get (we all get hundreds now declaring how terrible things are). If you read them all, it will drive you crazy.
Things may be bad, but God knows all about it, and He still is in absolute control. The Bible warns us that evil will get worse and worse, so we know the world will not be improving overall. God wants our focus ultimately on Him. He is our peace and will be our comfort in troubled times.
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