That is exactly to the point.
And it wasn't built by people who were expecting someone else to do it for them and provide it to them.
There are philosophies that build, and philosophies that feed without replacing. At some level I see it as a God thing, not a religion thing but a God thing. Put your faith in God and build. Put your faith in kings and wait for a train that never comes.
Don't know if I'm making sense. Its just something that keeps coming back to me. We fight on a political battlefield but the problem goes deeper and the weapons must also go deeper. This is still part of our culture as it has always been; we're a remnant but you're right, we're still out here. Still doing what we do. We just need to keep doing it and keep looking up. Our neighbors may have settled for a mess of pottage as they say, but maybe they'll be prepared to listen now.
“And it wasn’t ...”
I remember that country. I grew up there. It has changed.
I know exactly what you mean and I agree. I spend a good part of my waking existence struggling with this thought and trying to wrap words around it. It is because God is God that we are to persistently pursue the good, the true, and the beautiful, even when it’s hard and even when we seem to be failing.