Presidental Speech Last Night

Ok so once I found out American Idol was NOT on.. i flipped through the channels and found that there was nothing worth watching.. so, although I do not usually like watching Presidental addresses whether it be Obama or anyone else, I ended up watching it anyway.

After the speech I also watched O'Reilly to get his take on the speech. Overall I thought Obama's speech was fairly good to watch. O'Reilly said he was boring but after Obama being raked over the coal's for him chuckling about the economic situation on 60 minutes, I would think he would be more somber.

This is my take on things... either way you look at it, this is a tough situation for any President to be in. I pray that this new plan works and that the Lord can restore the nation economically and that we do not have to switch to sociallism. No normal person can even begin to wrap our minds around 1.3 Trillion dollars to even understand what that will mean for future generations. We just need to pray that the Lord is working all this out for the GOOD of this Nation... we are GOD's nation and I believe He still wants this nation to succeed.

Overall... I would give the speech a 3.5 out of 5 stars.

The FEAR in our society

Recently, I have discovered something a little disturbing about myself.

My confidence can be shaken so much easier than I ever imagined.

I have found myself going through this weird growing period where I am being challenged more than ever to stand on faith. Everyone know that our economy and our nation are going through tough times... it is shoved into our faces 24/7. Well, I have decided that is nothing more than satan's attempt to SHAKE our confidence. Once he can attack our confidence, FEAR can rise up without even a warning. Once fear arrives everything that you know and believe about the power of God can be challenged.

I was listening to Miles Monroe, a Pastor in Chicago, the other day and he was talking about unplugging from the world's system...not in some cooky "get off the grid" way but in a very practical "we do not belong to this world" type of way. He said something that was a real a-ha moment for me. He said "Jesus did not come to repair the world's system but to replace it".

Here we are worried because we feel like the economy is crashing and along with it alot of dreams but what we fail to remember so often is that God did not say "I will provide for you as long as your economy is good". He said that He would provide everything that we need..no matter what the world's system looks like because we DO NOT belong to the world's system. We belong to a much greater and powerful system and we serve a God that promises to take care and provide our every need.

If gas goes up to $100 a gallon and I need gas to get somewhere then I will believe that God will provide and meet my need past my expectation.

So...fellow believers... FEAR NOT! We serve a God that has more power in his pinky than the world could ever even dream of.

First Blog

So I know that while the whole world has been blogging I have been missing out. Honestly, I always thought I didn't really have the time to keep it up or even enough to talk about in order to have an interesting blog...but the other day I was thinking "huh..maybe I do"... so I am starting.

Hope you enjoy all I have to say :)