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Morrow did you know!

Morrow did you know!

So I heard a great song during Christmas time, "Mary did you know" It is sung as if to Mary, the earthly mother of Christ. In the song she is asked if she knew that her son would "heal the blind", "Walk on water" and "get the lame to walk". I really liked this song because it seems to me that sometimes we forget how "human" God was at that moment. I mean Mary obviously knew that her "Jesus" was different that others. She knew something was up. But could she actually have believed and known. ....... maybe.

But then!!

The real thought hit. What about the desciples. I mean now really. Peter's mother surely would not have expected that one day her son would "walk on water".

Peter's Mother] did you know?

What about heal the blind, teach the lame to walk. WHOA! now that is a big deal. Did Mary know? Yeah Maybe. But what about the disciples mothers. What did they know. That they would fish. They just knew it. But they were so much more than fisherman. I love this thought because sometimes we forget how "Godlike" the disciples were with the power of Christ. So how do we get back to that?

So thus the title. Morrow did you know! I have to wonder if Morrow Graham had any clue that her son William (Billy Graham) would be who has become. I seriously doubt it. I am sure she loved her son and hoped for the best from him..... but come on now. Every major country, thousands of personal spiritual revolutions. He has consulted every president of the USA for decades. How could she have known?

She couldn't. How could the earthly parent have any clue what the Heavenly Father has in mind.

AND THEN LIKE RUSHING WIND....

Shawn did you know????? Marja did you know????
[I can't type this without choking up a little]

Who? what? when? Dear Lord, what have you got in mind for my little girl. Please God keep her safe. Guard her little heart. But Lord she is yours. Help me to prepare her that I may not hinder your plans.

SLOWLY IT COMES CLOSER.

James did you know???? Violet did you know????

I have done nothing really. Not that I am some major dissapointment. In fact I may have done exactly what God had planned. But I don't want to miss out either. What is it that is planned. I know my life changed when i became a father, but it didn't end. I still focus on God's calling in my life. Dear Lord. Help me listen to your plans for me. May i be up to the challenge.

God is Good!
Amen.

Minimum Wage and the Nanny State.

So i heard this morning about ANOTHER push to raise minimum wage, and I thought to myself, "Why won't they just let the wage be determined by what people will work for. I mean if a man is willing to pull weeds in the afternoon for $2/hr then let him. It's his back and hands and if $2 is worth it to him then so be it. Why does the government feel the need to step in and protect the little man from himself.

But then....

I thought about something else that i thought the government should step in on. Debt/Credit Cards. I have stated many times that it should be illegal to give credit cards to college students. Now, I don't necessarily believe that, but I do think that many companies cross the line into imorrality the way that cards are marketed to college students. So what really caught my mind's eye was that I do believe in some governmental protection from debt. For example, i do believe that we should not allow 50% apr on credit cards. This should be against the law. So i suppose that I do think ther should be some protection by the government for the little (ignorant). [my liberal mother would be so proud]

HOWEVER! Then I realized that there is a difference. A minimum wage job, no matter what the wage, is temporary. I could get a job making some pittance just long enough to by food so that I could find another job. Then hopefully with the experience they could step up to more jobs making better wage. So I take it back. I don't feel gov. protection is necessary here. If they will work for it, we should be allowed to pay it.

Part of the debate is that a mother of 4 making minimum wage is below the poverty level. But what is a mother of 4 doing working at a minimum wage job? Can she not step up? Can we not educate her.....oh oops. When does a minimum wage person find time to get educated?

Minimum wage jobs (no matter what the minimum) should be the territory of the young. As a matter of fact, I feel that minimum wage jobs are a bit, "Rite of Passage". A stepping stone into adulthood. So what are mothers of 4 doing in them.

And we face the problem. We have a whole group of people in society that have never stepped up into adulthood. They have not claimed the responsibility that is theres to have. They remain adolescent despite having left their momma's house they are stile dependent on another.

HOW DO WE "HELP" THEM GROW UP?

Well I *was* going to sound profoud

I meant for my first post to be some major profoud thought but this is all i got.

L8r