Part 3 Humpty Dumpty

 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Gentle readers,

You might ask why do I tell you all these things for what happened to us several years ago (and is still in some fashion going on). It’s because you need to understand that sometimes God whispers in the darkest times. Even Christians go through what has been called "the silence of God" or "the dark night of the soul" it is when the people favored by God have by their actions or altitudes have turn their back on what God wants for each of us. Remember the sermon on the mount?

"And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."

(Matt 5 ) 

Or in a nut shell we might say "Do to others as you would have them do to you. It’s time Gentle reader, for us to turn not inward as we have in the past but outward! Reaching out to help one another! For when we do this one thing God will in turn give us that which we need. We no long can allow our political leaders to steal, rob and cheat! No longer can we allow those people who have been given much to continue to allow greed to rule their lives.

We must decide the way we want this country to go. Up and giving to all mankind or hoarding and grasping for self. You cannot do this alone Gentle Reader, but you can start. Help your neighbor, help that stranger, help the poor, yes and even help the rich!

God is giving us as individuals and as a nation  a chance to show what we are really like. Are we good? Or are we not? It’s up to each of us to put that best part of ourselves out there. Mat 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

And what will you do Gentle Reader? What will you do?

Part 2 of Passports, President, Politics and Pastors

Well Gentle reader,

Again within a month I fell sick to the point I was taken into the Hospital The ammonia that I had breathed in caused me to develop COPD (which developed into the loss of the use of one lung). What does COPD mean? COPD stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It encompasses two types of disease processes namely chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Quite often, people who suffer from COPD show a combination of features of both disease processes. In lay person's term, COPD means persistent lung disease with features of airway narrowing. To be more specific, bronchitis means inflammation of the bronchi or the larger airways of the lungs whereas emphysema means destruction to the smaller airways and alveoli or airsacs of the lungs. Thus COPD is commonly used to describe chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both.

What happened then was I was fired! Reason: Not coming to work! Welcome to Indiana!!! ( remember I told you that Indiana has what is called "A right to Work law" in other words The employer can fire you without any reason "I don’t like the color of your skin" extreme but has been true in this state!). Now then we found out shortly after that that Marti had a disease called CFS Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is the most common name given to a poorly understood, variably debilitating disorder or disorders of uncertain causation.

Symptoms of CFS include widespread muscle and joint pain, cognitive difficulties, chronic, often severe mental and physical exhaustion and other characteristic symptoms in a previously healthy and active person. Fatigue is a common symptom in many illnesses, but CFS is a multi-systemic disease and is relatively rare by comparison Rare! Quite an understatement, considering she is in constant pain and now has been bedfast for more than 4 (count them) 4 years. The doctors in Indiana and for that matter around the whole of America don’t know, don’t care, do want to help.

In the process we dipped into our savings again and again, only to find that the chances of returning to Ireland becoming dimmer and dimmer. The medical cost were rising and rising until we were in a word broke

Having spent our life savings in a short space of time. With no job (no church wants someone who has a sick wife, "too much trouble" and no insurance. We turned as many oif you have done in the past ( or perhaps in the future). To our "safety net" only to find that the bureaucratic system has no truck with those who have fallen on hard times "Remember "tough times never last, tough people do" What you may ask how dare we look for help, isn’t that just a socialistic attitude? No gentle reader, that is the American way to help one another when the need arises. Wouldn’t you agree.

 If not then close this blog and go out and look at the results of the greed in this country now coming out in the open (159,000 jobs lost in the past month for example 750,000 alone this year).

We turned to our (and your Government ) I wrote to Mich Daniels Republican Governor of Indiana for help His answer " and I quote we never heard a word " ! I wrote to our State Senators Evan Bayh (D) and Richard Lugar (R) Lugar responded by sending a form letter that told me How great he had been standing up for the likes of people like me! Bayh never responded rather like the Governor of this great state. I even wrote the President G. W. Bush (never heard a peep). And Dick Cheneny sent a spent shotgun shell- not really)!

We had mounting bills, utility bills over $4000. No help! We lost our only possession our home with all of our birds (FIDS) and everything we had collected in out marriage.

So Gentle reader, when I am told and I have looked at the Presidential Candidates What I want is a leader who cares about you and me.

To Be continued ...