April 6

A quiet day at home is comfort at its best. I am working in the yard and rebuilding a child sized picnic table. I write my stories and post to my blog. Has God seen fit to gift me with all of this or am I deluded into thinking I have accomplished everything on my own. I will attribute my skills and abilities to God giving me a healthy body and a sharp mind. Now with these gifts come responsibilities. I realize not everyone is a Christian. I am to witness for Christ. I realize many people believe in different religions than Christianity. I am to witness for Christ. I hear the news about zealots who demand that people must come to Christ or be condemned by them to Hell. I am not to judge, for as I judge, so shall I be judged. I am to treat people the way I want them to treat me. However, we have government officials who declare their Christian faith and countermand their own tenets of faith. Many noted people have declared the United States is a Christian nation. I disagree. We are a nation of Christians, and Jews, and Buddhists, and yes, even Muslims. We are as diversified a nation as any that has existed on the planet over the thousands of years of civilized development. And yet we are not civilized to the point of treating each other with love and respect. Keeping praying, those of you who have a faith system. And those of you who are atheists or agnostics, or just believe in a higher power, please work for a more peaceful and understanding world. We are arguing about that which is not as important as the death of Jesus Christ on a cross. Remember, he died because he upset the status quo of His day. He asked us to share, to care, and to dare. Remember he was a Jew and probably the first Socialist. He defied the government and renounced wealth. He ticked off the Pharisees and the Romans. His own people asked for His death. We have a long way to go.