“Why leave the children to a stranger?”
Those are the last words written by Ervin Lupoe before killing his five children, his wife and finally himself. Why? The answer is simple, because a stranger would probably not be as much of a coward as you Mr. Lupoe. Ervin Lupoe and his wife Ana had recently been fired from Kaiser Permanente and instead of manning up and finding new jobs they took the cowards’ way out. According to the letter Ervin Lupoe sent into a local news station, he and his wife had agreed that this was the best plan of action.
There is no doubt in my mind that we are suffering tough economic times, but its not because there’s a lack of jobs, it’s because there’s a rise of people like Ervin Lupoe who refuse to take another job once they lose the one they had. Ervin Lupoe could’ve easily looked for a job in another industry, but like most people today if it’s not the exact job they want, they think they’re above finding something else. I have no sympathy for someone like Ervin Lupoe, but neither do I have sympathy for someone who refuses to work just because the jobs they’re being offered don’t fit into a preconceived box of what they want to be doing. Nobody is beyond learning a new trade or skill or taking a job that anybody could do until they find the one they really are looking for.
Ervin Lupoe is an extreme case and his cowardly act stole the lives of five beautiful children. But, how many people continue to milk millions of dollars in welfare from the government and those of us who pay taxes to supply these programs? When instead they could be working a job they may not like, but will take in the meantime because they take pride in earning their money rather sitting at home getting paid to do nothing. Our economy is suffering because of shady banks and businesses that spent billions of dollars and then expected the government to bail them out, which sent us further into debt. Add to that the fact that we’ve somehow blindly elected the man who took charge of helping these businesses get out of debt (because putting money in their pockets meant putting money in his own pockets) and there seems to be no end in sight of this “economic crisis”.
The solution is simple… WORK! Work or don’t eat; that’s what the Bible says. Don’t sit at home, doing nothing, waiting for your welfare check. Go out, get a job and take pride in the fact that as bad as the economy is right now, at least we’re still in the
If I can take one benefit from having Barack Obama as President (and it is the ONLY benefit I see from it) it is that NOBODY of any skin color can EVER use the color of their skin as an excuse as to why they don’t have a job or why they’re suffering in the current situation they’re in. There are no longer any excuses left for anybody; all that’s left is looking in the mirror and admitting that YOU are the reason YOU are not living the wonderfully blessed life that God has promised YOU deserve.
As much as he would like you to believe he is, Barack Obama is NOT your Messiah. He will NOT give you food to eat or clothes to wear. He will NOT help you pay your bills. He will NOT do anything to help you, but rather will keep you living the life of a victim, depending on the government to give you just enough to get by, like a drug dealer giving a drug virgin just enough FREE product to get them coming back for more. GOD is the ONLY one who not only can but WANTS to give you everything you NEED. He CAN give you food to eat and clothes to wear. He CAN help you pay your bills. Of course (even though he CAN) God is NOT going to hand you ANYTHING (like the Democrats do). God WILL give you the career you need to earn the money you need to have the things you need. God believes in you, even though you don’t.
God believes you CAN even if the government wants you to believe you can’t. God knows you WILL if and ONLY IF you choose to believe in his promises and stop believing in the fancy words of a man who himself has no clue what he’s doing or how he’s going to do it. At the end of the day, Barack Obama is no different than you, without God he will fail miserably. If you humble yourself and ask God for what it is you need, he will not only give you your needs but your wants as well.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
(2 Thessalonians 3:10)
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
(Jeremiah 29:11-13)
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
(Matthew 7:7-11)
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
(James 4:10)
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
(III John 2-4)
