Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Power to the People!
Imagine your world for a moment without the following: copyright law, Food & Drug Administration (you worry about what's in your food when there's someone checking it!), Worker's compensation, welfare, even simple traffic laws that are enforced (my favorite is turning right from the left hand lane regardless of whether there is a vehicle in the other lane!). Sometimes I find myself going, "Wait a minute! That's not legal!" And then it hits me that I'm no longer in Kansas anymore! A simple bribe that amounts to $2 can get you out of just about any situation with the traffic police, and corruption still runs rampant in this country. There are students in university that are having a hard time getting their diploma because they refuse to either sleep with their professor or pay a bribe, so the prof just keeps failing them regardless of the grade they deserve. I tell you all this to appreciate the democratic society you live in, as well as to pray for justice to come to Albania. God is the only one that can solve the deeply ingrained mentalities of this country, and a lot of people say it will take the current generation to die off before change will truly happen. Let's pray that God will do amazing things because nothing is too big for Him and He rewards those who seek after justice and righteousness!
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It sounds like you are a missionary there? Good for you
And some of us know first hand the sacrifices that have been made to protect those freedoms and liberties that most in this country take for granted. I hope everyone remembers all of our troops stationed world wide. Whether or not you believe in the war we are in for whatever reason, those men and women are putting their lives in harms way to give you the right to choose whether you want to agree or not. Let us all please remember them and their loved ones. Without them, we would also still be struggling for the rights and freedoms that all people should enjoy.
Yes. I'm happy for the freedom and protection we have here...however, I'm sad that we don't have the hunger that Albania has for Spiritual truth. It's so much easier to have a "religious" conversation there than in America. All in all...we (Americans) are blessed...to be a blessing. And we forget that sometimes.
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