FAITHFUL IN LITTLE THINGS

 Natalie--  4th of July parade

After traveling all over the world by jet, train, boat, bus, and car I realized that I loved the good old US of A. This is where we have freedom.  This is where we don't have government interference. This is where we have choice. But I have been saddened lately to find out that people want the government to run their lives. They think that the government knows better how to spend their money.  

At one time it was families and churches who took care of the poor, widows and orphans.  But slowly as families split up,  and churches withdrew from helping, the government was left to pick up the pieces. Unfortunately the government became so big that oversight was lost and dishonesty was rampant.

What was it that we forgot.  We forgot God. We have been told in Luke 16:10 “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 

 A nation is built one person, one family, one church, and one community at a time. When we neglect personal responsibility and place our trust in institutions rather than in God, we should not be surprised when those institutions fail us. Lasting freedom depends not only on the laws we pass but on the character of the people who live under them. My travels taught me to appreciate America's blessings, but they also reminded me that those blessings cannot be taken for granted. They must be preserved by citizens who value faith, integrity, personal responsibility, and the freedom to care for one another.

Matthew 10:32-33 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.