COUSIN LAID TO REST!

Yesterday we went to a dear cousin's funeral. It reminds us of how very short our life is, even though she was getting up in years.


One thing that sticks out in that particular generation that seems to be in short supply today, is how hard they worked to get what they have. The last writing I told you about a couple that had nothing but a strong love for each other and God and how hard they worked to become successful both in life and growth in the Lord.


Marie was from that caliber of thinking. You worked hard, loved much, and never gave up. You kept on keeping on! She and her husband was from the "greatest generation" as Tom Brokaw wrote about in his book.


It seems like our country is going to the opposite way of our founding fathers, watch for the handouts that our Government will provide. This is not how our country was founded. You worked for what you got and had little government interference.


Today our government wants to give everybody ice cream, don't worry if you didn't work for it, it is FREE! Who is going to pay for this FREE ice cream? Well, who cares, it is FREE ice cream. I'm telling you somebody is going to pay dearly for this so called FREE ice cream. It is our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. They will be so in debt, that all our whole country will be a third world country and everybody will be dirt poor. Does that sound like a good plan to you?


When hard work is no longer in vogue, and everyone gets a FREE lunch. The FREE lunches will run out. Why work, when you get it for nothing. No incentive!

Wisdom--Proverbs 6:6-11 says--"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man." Does this mean we don't care about those truly in need, no it doesn't, but it teaches us that we work diligently for our own needs and then we can reach out to help those in need. (No government involved).