Not in my view. Doesn't look that way to a lot of people, but the way Congress acted it was "the people be damned." In case you couldn't follow the news, most of what they passed were dollars for regular programs that have not gotten through Congress in the past. Some of those programs won't be creating jobs for at least five years – they will need designs, committees, environmental reviews (followed by lawsuits), contracts, bids, more lawsuits and then you know how government projects go. What businesses can accomplish in a year take years in government's hands.[more] One of…
Doing Right Ain’t Easy
Maybe that's why Peter says what he does in verse 17. In my continuing reading, this verse just hangs there at the end of another phrase. What he says is that it is better that we suffer for doing what is right, rather than for doing what is wrong. Kind of sounds like one of those things parents say to kids to get them to behave, or explain why they should not do something bad. [more] On the face of it, it sounds like doing the "right thing" is going to cost us something. Something worse than any punishment (bad…
Words and More Words
They keep pouring down, requiring some kind of definition(s). Continuing to read in First Peter, and could not let "bless" just get passed over. It appears so often in our everyday speech, and of course, it's all over the Bible. At first, trying to find a definition was like putting toothpaste back in the tube – in other words, it wasn't easy. Looking up definitions online was of some help, but the problem there were the number of definitions. Basically, it boils down to "gaining God's favor" or being honored or special. When you are blessed, you are more holy….