It’s about 7am.  I’m sitting in the quiet of the hotel room.

Just went through all my email.  This morning is the missions conference at First Baptist Church Mountain Park.  Ashley and Bennett will represent our work in the area.  I’m praying for that to be a fantastic meeting.

The Saturday conference in New Hampshire went well.  The more I hear about our Federal Government and the incredible waste of money . . . the more I wish we could get rid of the whole group of them and start over.  I sure don’t think the founding fathers thought this is how it would turn out!

Do you ever ask yourself “What do I get for my tax money?”  I come up with roads and police and schools.  Roads are almost always better privatized.  Schools, at least in Georgia, seem to be a near total failure. The police are doing a good job, but are way undermanned and out gunned by the bad guys.  Does our federal money even pay for the police locally?  I’m not even sure about that.

Does it seem to you that ALL the politicos in Washington are rich?  Do you ever see an average guy in that bunch?

I think of Jesus and the things he did.  He was basically homeless!

Bottom line for me, the real solution to this country’s problems is a spiritual solution, not a government one.  Christians have got to be more socially active.  Maybe not politically active, but at least socially.

See a problem and try and help fix it.

I have a burden for education.  I believe that helping our kids learn is THE critical element in our society improving.  When the guys I work with fail school, their next step is gang life.  The better they do in school the more they steer away from the bad guys.  It seems really clear.

Who are you investing in?

Peace.