Faith with Teeth

It's 4:00 am on a rainy April morning. It is still very dark outside and the temperature hovers just above 35 degrees. 800 miles away my best friend is already dressed and has begun her day. She is getting her kids up for school and prepairing for the long drive to a job. This job won't last though, like so many people she is working as a temp.

I truely admire my friend for working at a job that requires her to drive an hour to get to work, getting to work an hour early to avoid the traffic and still keeping sane. She loves her family so much that she gives up a lot of her time for this job that will dissapear so she can take care of them. She works all day and then drives the hour and some back home and is welcomed back to her family. Then the real job begins, the job of being wife and mom. She loves her family and will do anything to protect it and has done so in the past. She tends to their needs, the needs of three lazy cats and one very loving dog. Did I mention that she is also a licenced pastor?

What makes this woman so admirable is her spirit. She does everything with love. She sees her job not as a neccesity but an opportunity to spread the love of God to those who she works for. I am not talking about preaching, but living the love of God and showing by example a life worth living. When she is approached on how she gets through all the difficulties that life throws her way, she gently shares her faith. She never crams, she never pushes, she lives what she believes. Belief helps get her through the difficulties that life throws and believe me life has thrown some real doozys at her. Her faith has teeth.

Would that we all had faith with teeth I truely believe that the world would not be in as bad of place as it is now. The hopelessness that permeates the very air we breathe would be replaced with faith and hope. People would stop trying to screw one another and live better lives. They would reach out to their fellow mankind and give him a hand up. We would not dread waking up on a cold April mornings, rather we would face each day knowing that God walks along side of us and there is nothing He cannot handle.

Stupid News Rant

So how can you tell it is a slow news day? When you open your web browser and the first thing that comes up is that Oprah Twittered for the first time today. Someone tell me why this is important. With the economy in the dump and us still at war some celebratty (yes that is spelled the way I want it to be) posts a tweet in the middle of her show is newsworthy. Come on people! There has to be better things to report on that the self-important celebs ignoring their audience and guests so they can post on the web. Seriously, I would rather see kittens falling asleep than hear about what the celebs are doing. Report on something worth-while for goodness sake!

Springtime musings

It is finally spring here. After many boughts of snow and sleet I think that spring has finally come. It is April 16th., day after tax day. I got our taxes done back in January, but our son's taxes needed to be done. I did his the first week of April. It turns out he owed the government money and that made me angry. He is only 15 and shouldn't owe anything. *sigh* showes how screwed up our government got under W.