Posted on 04/07/2003 12:13:05 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
I'm hurting today.
Really, really hurting.
It's the kind of personal, gut-wrenching hurt you hope you never have to experience more than once in a lifetime. It's the kind of hurt you expect other people to have, but never yourself.
It's a personal matter – a private, family problem – and I don't intend to share the details publicly.
But it's a reminder to me of what people across America are experiencing as our culture crumbles, as our standards of morality are destroyed, as the very foundation of our nation is under siege.
It's particularly poignant for me as the author of a new book called, "Taking America Back."
In the book, I emphasize that the way we will restore liberty, morality and justice in America is not through the political process, but through individual actions – good, responsible lifestyle choices.
I'm as guilty as anyone of not doing that.
I've made lots of mistakes in my life.
And I'm paying for some of those now. I'm paying mightily.
I've spent most of the last week away from war coverage, away from news coverage, away from critical business decisions trying to put the pieces of my shattered life back together.
It's tough.
Sometimes it's easier to shirk our most serious responsibilities. It hurts less. It's easier to walk away from commitments. It's simpler to let someone else take responsibility – the government, other members of our family, the cops, what-have-you.
But that's not the way it ought to be.
I don't like writing about personal problems. I don't like exploiting them for sympathy. I don't like airing my dirty laundry. That's not what I'm about to do.
Instead, I want to offer some encouragement to all those who are experiencing problems like this, all those who have experienced problems like this and all those who will experience problems like this at some point in the future.
It's not the end of the world.
These are trying times for our nation. These are trying times for our families. These are trying times for all God's children.
Satan is alive and well on planet Earth. I've never been more aware of that than I am today. There is an evil force at work in the universe and it is powerful.
But I have some words of advice today for all those going through trials.
Don't give up.
Never surrender.
Never quit.
Keep on keeping on.
Keep the faith.
God gives us all kinds of challenges in our lives – but He never gives us more than we can bear. Sometimes in the last week, I thought He had. But He didn't. He is faithful.
God is also in control. He is sovereign. He is on the throne.
His will be done.
In my book, I offer a program for "Taking America Back." The very first recommendation for individual action is to get down on our knees and pray. Pray that God's will be done. Pray that God blesses us and our nation with freedom and abundance and peace. Pray that God revives the spirit of faithfulness that inspired our founders. Pray that we receive new discernment about His will and His Word.
That's what I am doing today in my most vulnerable state.
I am down on my knees praying. I am humbling myself before God and asking for Him to intervene in my life in a very real and powerful way.
And I am trusting Him to do that. I know better times are ahead for me. I know there's a great hope. And I know if you follow this simple prescription, you can have that hope, too.
Amen.
This seems "preemptive."
I think he knows we will be hearing all about this soon, whatever it is.
Mmmm-Hm.
That little part about letting other people take responsibility yadda ....? maybe a paternity issue?
I have a feeling we'll find out more soon enough, or he wouldn't have mentioned it at all.
It does seem that way...well, whatever it is, I wish JF the best.
If that's the case, he should just shut his operation down. That kind of stuff makes social conservatives look terrible. Let's hope it's not that.
Joseph Farah lives for IRS audits!
I wish him all the best in his trials. I have seen good people do horrible, destructive, stupid things. It happens. But that does not mean that they are not worth saving.
Joseph Farah has done good work and fought the good fight. He has my support.
This makes lots of sense. Part of the column makes him sound like a victim and part of it makes him sound like a perp. If he had done something bad in his past and was being blackmailed, (or it is coming back to haunt him in some other way) I can see where both parts would be true.
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