Lets switch gears for a bit. Lets talk about the need for help for many this holiday season.
I often blog about creeps in political office, bad law enforcement, and those who support a corrupt and inept government. But, this time, I am going to write a post about something I hope will turn out positive, and hopefully will encourage others to give this holiday season and help those who cannot help them selves, no matter the circumstances.
I know this guy where I live, who sponsors, and owns a youth orientated airsoft/paintball team. All of the teams operating expenses, comes from his monthly VA disability check(he pays his bills at home first, and donates the rest, which comes up to over 1200 dollars a month to his team) He does his work for the team, just like it was a full time job, 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week taking care of personnel issues within his team, scheduling games, matches, and taking care of equipment issues. And his work dose not stop there...he also works on his own with families that need help like paying his rent, help with troubled kids, and giving help with someone who needs someone just to talk to.
He is very, very humble. I and I am proud to be able to work with such a person, because such a person makes me want to become a better person, indeed. But this is besides the point..this person when he gives, gives from the heart. And he would never stop and not help a person in need.
My friend asks not to be named. I am going to honor his request. But, he did ask you, to take time and help those this holiday season. Not because its a cool thing to do. Not because people urge you to. But, because, you, as a person want to to grow and become a better person through helping others help them selves.
There are those out there this holiday season, who are going to need clothing. There are those who are going to need a roof over their heads. There are those who will try to commit suicide because of issues, and no one to talk to. Then there are some, who are not physically able to help them selves, and require others to help them. These are the people within our city, our state, and some even live right next door.
So, lets help those who need helping. You can donate time at the homeless shelter, your LDS ward house, and those local charities that need your time this holiday season.
Ok. I was reading through some of the blogs in the faith section last night, and checking out some of the comments, and even read and posted some of my own. But, while I was doing this, I had this sudden insperation peck out this post on the ol' key board. (it was like a hammer hit me up side of the head, I tell ya! No, wait..that was the cops tazer as I told him that he should have his real gun replaced with a squirt gun,lol!) Now we all know the story of the bible. And we have a understanding of the concpets that the collection of stories in both the new and old testament has to talk about. There is even groups world wide who look into these stories about Christ, and all the prophets of the lords holy word. But, in this rush to seek and verify if the words in the bible are real or not, and anto make a person rather than to guide man on how to live, many have begun to get very lost on the way. And lost, these people really are.
See, admist all the suffering in the world from war to pestilence, man has taken some of the words the bible says, and just twists the heck out of them. But, the underlying message in the bible remains to this day....and this I hope a few people here do understand, these words I am typing here, is that the lord, and his son, are saying that you should treat people the way you would like to be treated. Always more, nothing less.
Treating people the way you would like to be treated...respecting each others rights to live, rights to happiness, rights to truth, and liberty for all. (Yes, even those murdering doctors and women, robbers, murderers, and Osama and the Bushes, and those who seek abortion, and cops, need to have these rights respected too!) Stopping and helping your fellow neighbor, regardless whether you despise, hate, or wish he/she would drop dead. Even to extend the art of forgiveness to those who deserve it, from the lowliest of criminals, to the local police.(yes, those disgusting gestopo and criminals, including theifs, perverts, murderers, and others need to be forgiven, at one time or another) Going out and treating people with the kindness, dignity and compassion all of humanity so rightly deserves. And, teaching those around you the art of love...giving your self to each other your gifts of compassion, kindness and love.
No where in the bible, does it say to go out and bash some one in the head for not doing or living worship the way you want them to (wait...there is an old passage in the old testament, which the prophets Moses, David, and others passed down to those people in the old testament, in which Christ's instructions in the new testanment, gives these instructions to read, (clearly stating not to do this at home, or in public,) something about a passage about stoning the heck out of someone for something or other)
The bible clearly says to spread the word of God, live like God and his son by living the messages the bible says on how to treat each other with the rights of kindness, compassion, thruthfullness, loyality, and respect. So put those stones, phones, gun, rifles, and naughty books up. Go out and look at the human body exhibit at the Divinci center. And, last but not least, go out to the man or woman on the street, tell them you love them, all is forgiven, for what ever they may do, and give them all a great big hug, because that is the true message the bible talks about, put down by none other, the holiest man above, Jesus Christ. The son, of the true living god.
