I suppose Mark Twain would’ve been considered a radical in his time, and even today he’d be politically incorrect, but he made a lot of sense.  He didn’t mince words when it came to the politicians of his day and often those words are still applicable.  It’s time for a change.  I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m ready.  As a loyal American, I will always love my country, but I’m not thrilled about the way it’s moving.  A lot of changes have been made in my lifetime. There have been amendments to the Constitution – corruption in government – fake news – technology that brings us too much information for us to make intelligent decisions.

We’re living in a time of chaos.  Our Constitution has been revised, dishonored and spat upon.  Our morality is at an all-time low.  Christian values are looked upon as old fashioned and unnecessary.  We’re told not to offend, yet our own beliefs are being challenged. Technology has changed the complexion of communication so much that we don’t even talk face to face.  Our law enforcement is looked upon with disdain while criminals are not admonished for wrongdoing.  All the accomplishments of Martin Luther King and others like him have been dismantled.  Bad is good and good is bad.  It seems as though everything is upside down.

It’s time for a big change – mostly a change in attitude by Americans.  Many of us grew up in a time when patriotism was still alive.  It needs to be re-kindled.  Our flame will slowly die out if we don’t do something about it and the choice we make for a presidential candidate, who wants the old America back, is critical.

Someone once said, “Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine.” Change can be good; it can drive us crazy; it can be difficult, but it will happen to everyone. When something disrupts our comfort zone it can really shake us up. The world is in a constant state of flux. Sometimes it’s difficult to understand how changes in morals and ideas occur, but it just shows us how sneaky the devil is. He gets into our moral fiber and slowly eats away at it until it becomes totally unrecognizable. God, on the other hand, never changes. We can trust in his consistency. He has our lives and our country in His hand. I pray that we will return to Him for guidance.

“TIME PASSES” by Kathy Boecher

Sitting, waiting, thinking,
Time goes by – nothing changes.
We try to understand, we work hard – nothing happens.
We try to control, we blame God – no difference.
While we wait, life goes on.
We sit, we wait, we think.
We try to understand, our labor continues,
We think we can control, we blame God.
Finally, we give up.
We stand up, we cry out in desperation, we pray.
We realize that nothing that we do will make a difference.
We throw up our hands and let go and let God do His work.
Life changes, but He remains the same.