Posted by
peripheral on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:09:58 AM
From My Perspective - - -
In
the political climate of our time, “CHANGE” appears in speeches of the
candidates, as well as on Posters in their audience, or on the Podium
being used. Do most people know what the “CHANGE” is that they are
promoting? How do they define the “CHANGE” they are hoping will occur?
Is it “change” in the sense that Democrats will replace Republicans? Is
in “Change” in terms of who is taxed and who receives re-distribution
of wealth as an additional benefit desired? Is “Change” a 21st Century phenomenon that was promoted first by Barack Obama and has now been seized upon by many others?
“CHANGE”
means: “to make the form, nature, content, future course of something
different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone… to
transform or convert… to transfer from one to another… to become
altered or modified…” The dictionary lists 38 different possibilities
for the word “change”! It is also interesting to note philosophical
thought regarding change. For instance, Hercalitus (540-460 BC) stated:
Nothing endures but change,” A more modern day Philosopher-Politician
once remarked: “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains
unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered! (Nelson
Mandela, 1918- A Long Walk To Freedom).”
When
a politician speaks of “change”, one should immediately want to know:
What is it you want to change? It is one thing to bask a sitting
President and suggest we need to change from that governing style, but
the question should persist: What do you plan to do differently? And,
how do you expect to achieve it? When a candidate states he will reduce
taxes for 95% of the people, why doesn’t someone ask how that’s going
to be done with the 40% that do not, and have not, paid taxes for
years? Isn’t that just a semantic “change” that sounds and looks good
in campaign rhetoric and appearance? Does “change” mean there will be a
down-sizing once again of the Military? Does “change” mean there will
be more of a ‘tax and spend” agenda than not? The election hasn’t even
transpired but the Democratic Leaders are so persuaded in terms of how
they believe it will go that they are going to call Congress back into
session to approve more spending bills and a stimulus bill. Is that the
“change” that will benefit the entire nation and improve our image and
impact in a dangerous world?
Spending
and Give-Away Programs may be a form of therapy for some, but it surely
doesn’t lend itself to Stability for troubled times. A return to
Normalcy could be an immeasurable benefit to this nation. Learning to
live within our means and the curtailing of expenditures is a
discipline that is lacking and much needed. We have got to Stop
Spending What We Don’t Have to Get What We Don’t Need!! We need to
return to the fundamental foundations that birthed our nation and
review what it is that we believe must “Change”! A basic premise and
principle is: “Foundations Are Forever!” When one tampers with the
foundations, the superstructure becomes very unstable and collapse is
not far away.
Consider these things with me - - - and remember words from the Holy Scripture: “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? (Numbers 23:19).” And in Malachi 3:6, “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not
consumed.” We should also note Hebrews 13:8-9, “Jesus Christ is the
same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be led away by diverse and
strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by
grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.”
Perhaps the time has come for this nation to return to the Lord while
He may be found! We have “changed” from prayer, Bible Reading,
Moral Principles and Standards, Worship of God, foundational truths –
and to what end? It has served to erode us as a nation, and we find
ourselves out of focus and lacking unity of purpose. Divide and Conquer
is a formula of an enemy – we have made it an integral part of the body
politic. We would be wise to make the correct “Change” before we are
irretrievably Changed and ultimately helpless.