Is the sky falling?

One of my biggest gripes with evolution rests in the fact that secular universities have proclaimed it as fact for so long that most Christians concede to some form of transitional evolution. I'm not speaking of species adaptation but the reptiles-to-birds, apes-to-men evolution.

The same insidious deceit has crept into government. Prior to the Great Depression, government tinkered with the economy. It could only tinker because it kept getting its knuckles rapped by that pesky Constitution. Meddling in the economy does not exist within any of the constitutional Articles.

Economic catastrophe and economic panic caused the citizens to bow to the saviors in government who promised to get our nation back on its feet again. Pandora's box was not cracked, FDR threw the box wide open and then busted it into a million tiny bits. The demon unleashed, government dependence through legal plunder, would not be recaged.

Here we are today and our nation's knees are knocking. What do we do?

There are no guarantees.

Despite FDIC, your money is not 100% secure in any bank. It's not. You don't know what tomorrow will bring.

Well, land is a secure investment, you'll counter. It's not. Has land ever been seized in the past with an unjust compensation returned to its owner? You don't know what tomorrow will bring.

Gold and silver. They always keep their value, right? I remember in high school when a few friends purchased silver. They were going to get rich. They bought it at its price apex in the late seventies. Silver (and gold) lost nearly all of their value. You don't know what tomorrow will bring.

Here's the deal: There are worse things than failure, far worse. I say, let them fail. Our nation was built upon those who overcame failure and poverty. That's the American story.

When our brothers and sisters are down and out, it's incumbent upon us to reach out a hand, not to have government reach in its hand to remove our wallet and then give it to the down and out. That's thievery. Welfare without holding the recipients responsible does nothing but umbilical them to the state. We create welfare junkies.

What about me? My future financial investments have lost thousands in recent weeks, but my future investment, my real investment is secure.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

This is not a happy platitude. It is the truth, a sure anchor during times like these. Let us trust our God alone (therein is peace). Let us help our fellow man as He commands us (therein is love). Let us NOT cede those responsibilities to any government (therein is our hope).