What Would He Think?

From My Own Little CornerI just returned from town, having bought some liquid gold for my vehicle. The price-it went up over night by thirteen cents-was $3.05.9/10. Well, I just hope whoever (we all know who it is) are enjoying the huge profits they are reaping. I am almost ready to return to the good ol' days of horse and buggy. Of course, if we all did that the price of hay and alfalfa would just go up even more. What are our farmers going to do? The price of fuel for farm equiptment affects us all and we should be hollering loud and long. Soon, and I think it will be much sooner than later, the prices of food-all food-will be out of reach for our most needy. The people who work hard to provide for their families, the elderly, the disabled, and our youngest and most vulnerable-the children-will be in even more trouble than they already are. It is time to stop this insanity. We need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. The middle class is in peril of being eliminated. Then there will be the lords and their serfs. We will be working to keep THEM rich and struggling to put food in the mouths of our families. What has happened to the country that I love? I watch our senior citizens, the keepers of the history of this great country, the ones who fought to keep this democracy alive, struggling just to live. They must choose between food, electricity, medications, and fuel for their vehicles . If they don't have fuel they can't get to the Dr. to get the medications they need for quality of life. If they buy the medicine, they can't afford food. If they buy food, they can't afford the electricity to keep cool. It is a vicious cycle with no end in sight. I watch these wonderful older people at the grocery store, trying to decide if they can afford to buy meat, bread, and other staples and it breaks my heart. They are proud of their independence, have fought and worked hard for it, and it breaks their spirit when they feel that they need handouts. They would rather sit in stiffling heat and do without food than ask for help. After all they have taken care of themselves all their lives and don't understand why they can't any longer. I was listening to a C.D. on my way home by a group called Lake and one of the songs always strikes a chord in me, but never so much as now. It is called "Jesus Came Down" and the refrain states: "Jesus came down and the word got around. He wasn't pleased with the famine and war. Thousands of years full of blood, pain, and tears; Yes He found that the world hadn't changed.". So true, so true. We ( the whole world) continue to fight, maim, and kill in His name, this man, the Son of God, who preached tolerance, peace, and love. All over the world people are starving. They are dying of diseases that should have been wiped out by now. We have the resources to stop this. We have the manpower, money, medicine. Why aren't we doing something, anything? We are the greatest country in the world and we are using our resources to fight wars in countries where we aren't wanted. We need to begin to divert the billions of dollars that being spent to fight and use it for food and medicine for our people and all peoples of the world. THE TIME HAS COME FOR CHANGE!! Let's all get of our collective duffs and let our voices be heard. Tell the world and our government that we don't want war, we want peace. Use diplomacy. Talk, shout, anything, make all the leaders of the countries of our planet listen. It's a longshot I know, but we never know until we try. Can't never did anything. Someday, ( probably not in my lifetime, but I can always hope) maybe we will see a world where all people work together, everyone has adequate food and potable water, and all these nasty diseases are wiped out. Then maybe when Jesus comes down, he will smile and say, "Well done, my good and faithful servants."! May your God bless and keep you. Pray for peace and enlightenment.