Understandably, the world is in chaos. Financial markets around the world are suffering because of an unknown ailment. Some would say the ailment is based in greed, but who am I to judge. I just know that my 401K has dwindled in value because of what is happening. So, let's take some good U.S. government money and put it to work. Get the money out there and people will start spending, and that will restart our (the U.S.) and the world's economies growing again. Well, except for that $250, nothing has made it down to us the citizens of what…
Thanks Friend!
Job is starting to feel the heat and pressure from his friends. Bildad in Chapter 18 attacks Job for either being at a loss for words, or having a "stupid day". Not only that, he tends to imply again that everything that has happened to Job is Job's fault. Like "bad things happen to bad people, so get over it!" Bildad's words sound so much like what we so often hear from our friends and relatives when our lives are going down the tube (or we hear other people treated like this). Many are quick to point out our shortcomings…
Gone!
Sounds like something else should be there, but then that says it all. Opened the paper yesterday, and while flipping past the obituary page, a picture popped out at me. The face was unmistakable. A man many of us knew, was gone. Bill was a manager for the Pinole Radio Shack store. Over the years (can't remember how many) we had talked about his open heart surgery and his foibles with Radio Shack. At one time, they had him managing three stores, simply because he was the best. What first got my attention about Bill was the smile, always on…