Turn Out the Lights... the Party's Over.

So Mitt Romney and John McCain are on the lecture circuit?  Spare me.  What kind of Christians literally set the world on fire, and think they can tell the young people how it's going to be anymore?  Don't they get it?  What have they done?  Time's up:  is the world better or worse for your leadership contributions?  You two could not even stop George W., you want a piece of our future now?  Can't have it all fellas, just like I tell the ladies.  Hell you'd think McCain was in a war we won or something the way he's tried to continue dominating the spotlight in his old age.  Time's up, fellas.  Do us all a favor, wise up, take your sons, and retreat to man your personal palace(s).  You know, we're coming for your car elevator(s), Mitt... Bwahahaha!

I will do more than belong; I will participate.
I will do more than care; I will help.
I will do more than believe; I will practice.
I will do more than be fair; I will be kind.
I will do more than forgive; I will work.
I will do more than earn; I will enrich.
I will do more than teach; I will inspire.
I will do more than give; I will serve.
I will do more than live; I will grow.
I will do more than be friendly; I will be a friend.
 —Submitted by Liz Keen

“Do ye also to them likewise.” —Luke 6:31

The Parable of the Rich Fool

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

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ADDED:  Matthew and Luke traced Jesus' lineage through Joseph back to King David.  He fulfilled the prophecy of the one coming from the house of David through his earthly adoptive father, if you believe...

In Jeremiah 23:5, as well as in other Bible prophecies, we are told that the Messiah would be a descendant of King David.  The New Testament books of Matthew and Luke trace back Jesus' genealogy to King David. (Some scholars believe that the genealogy in Matthew is Jesus' legal line, through his adoptive father, Joseph, and that the genealogy in Luke is Jesus' bloodline through Mary).

Jeremiah 23:5 (NIV):
"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.

Don't be a fool.
Just don't be a fool...