Thanksgiving 2013

I haven’t done the month of being thankful as I have seen some of my friends doing on Facebook this year. I appreciate their daily wisdom yet somehow this year my feelings of thanksgiving run a little too deep to join them on Facebook this year. It’s just a bit too emotional for me this year so I thought that I would write it on this page instead this time. It’s been quite a year with struggles and trials and I've come to more fully understand and appreciate many things that have happened to me in my life thus far, so here is what I am thankful for. 

I am thankful for the pains and the struggles of my arthritis. It has taught me to savor the moments of feeling normal. It has taught me to ask for help and allow others to help me. It has taught me patience. It has taught me compassion and understanding for others with pain and disability. It has taught me to more fully appreciate the physical abilities that I do have. 

I am thankful for the periods of financial difficulties. It has taught me to be a better steward of the things I have. It has taught me to notice the beauty around me that is free to all. It has taught me to be a more grateful giver. It has taught me to be more humble. It has shown that I could work harder when I thought I couldn’t. It has taught me to rely more on the Lord’s help and guidance. It has brought me closer to my family as I relied on them for help. 

I am thankful for my broken marriage. It gave me 4 beautiful children. It taught me a greater understanding of my own strength. It taught me that the Lord is in charge of my life and allowed me to see that he had a greater plan in store for my life. It taught me how to be a better wife and mother. It taught me that what others thought of me didn’t matter.  It didn’t change who I knew myself to be. It taught me how to forgive.

I’m thankful for my brush with cancer. It taught me that the Lord is there whispering in my ear things that I need to hear if I am willing to listen. It showed me the compassion of sweet friends and how much I am loved. It taught me that the Lords timing is perfect because He has the big picture of my life. It taught me to slow down and be still sometimes. 

I am thankful for hard and difficult trials, for times when I am pushed seemingly passed my limits to bear because it teaches me to call upon the Lord for help and guidance. It teaches me that when I reach the end of my strength, He is there to help me make it through. It teaches me that I’m not alone and that there are angels around us both in this world and passed on to the other side. 

Tyranny and the IRS

Definition of TYRANNY

1: oppressive power  tyranny over the mind of man — Thomas Jefferson>; especially : oppressive power exerted by government  tyranny of a police state>

2a : a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler; especially : one characteristic of an ancient Greek city-state

b : the office, authority, and administration of a tyrant

3: a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force  tyranny of the clock — Dixon Wecter>

4: an oppressive, harsh, or unjust act : a tyrannical act tyrannies>

tyr·an·ny

  [tir-uh-nee]  

noun, plural tyr·an·nies.

1.arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power;despotic abuse of authority. Synonyms:despotism, absolutism, dictatorship.

2.the government or rule of a tyrant or absoluteruler.

3.a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.

4.oppressive or unjustly severe government onthe part of any ruler.

5.undue severity or harshness.

Obama’s remarks this week at a graduation ceremony: 

“They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave and creative and unique experiment in self rule is somehow just a sham with which we can't be trusted."

This is such a twist on the truth that encapsulates the left and their ideology. It is specifically the watchful eye keeping tyranny at bay which allows our brave and creative and unique experiment in self rule to succeed! The oppressive strong arm of any government entity such as the IRS which we have now absolute proof of unjustly targeting peaceful peoples is tyranny in it’s true form. 

Tyranny is an old word for a concept that crosses all generations, all borders, and all forms of government types. It is not some old fashioned concept or a conspiracy theory. The trouble with being too entrenched inside Washington DC is that your vision is warped as to the examples of tyranny happening inside our own government. Obama can’t see the tyranny because he sees an expansive and obtrusive government as necessary to fulfill his wish list. 

Yes, tyranny is lurking just around the corner. It is absolutely happening in government agencies of the United States. It exists in the IRS, some police departments, and the department of homeland security, just to name a few. All it takes is for citizens to become complacent or to think that it can’t happen here. It can, it has, and it will continue to erode our brave and creative and unique experiment of self rule. 

It isn’t the people who can’t be trusted, it is the government agencies to whom we give up our freedoms. This is why the latest scandals are more than merely scandals. A politician who is caught in a tryst with a young woman is a scandal. The IRS targeting private citizens is a tyrannical government which must be placed back in check by the people in charge…..the people of the United States of America.