State of the Union

More of the same. That pretty well describes President Obama’s State of the Union address this week.

The 70-minute speech -- dull as it was -- showed Obama is hellbent on ramrodding his failed liberal policies through and making the United States a socialist nation.

The president appeared angry and arrogant as he rambled on.

He blamed George Bush again for the economic problems in the country, rebuked the Supreme Court justices sitting in front of him, vowed to change the policy to allow homosexuals to openly serve in the military and spouted off numerous lies.

It is both sad and disturbing that Obama used this forum to push his ultra-liberal agenda.

The fact is that Obama’s first year in office has been a failure.

Obama claims he saved the country from another depression. In reality, the U.S. is in a much worse condition today than it was a year ago. Unemployment has surged to near 10 percent despite the stimulus bill and corporate bailout plans.

If Obama was a good leader who genuinely cared about America, he would recognize his failures and change course by moving to the center.

Instead, he is vowing to go full steam ahead with his left-wing agenda -- no matter the cost.

That is sad. This president needs to put the best interests on the country ahead of his own. That’s not likely to happen, though.

I only hope his agenda can be stopped before the damage to the country goes too far.

Seize the Day

Do all you can while you can. That has been my mantra. Life is short. You have to go and do while you have the ability and the opportunity. You never know when life is going to deal you a blow and suddenly everything changes.

I discovered just how true that is last year -- really just in the last six months.

A year ago at this time, I was working. I was walking. I was fairly active. Life was good, and I was rockin’ along. It was hard sometimes, but God is good and I leaned on Him.

Then, August came and BANG! It hit me. A ruptured disc in my back knocked me off my feet. The disc was pushing against the nerves and causing my legs and feet to become weak.

I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t even stand up.

I felt helpless.

Suddenly, I was having to depend on others to help me do virtually everything.

I hated it because I like my independence. I didn’t want to be dependant on anyone. It was frustrating to say the least.

I didn’t understand why this was happening to me. Why now? Why, why why?

This is certainly not how I planned for life to go. I was completely blind-sided. But, you know, none of this took God by surprise. While I know God did not cause this to happen to me, he was prepared to see me through this difficult time.

I may not understand why this has happened, but I know God has a plan. I am trusting him to work all things for good.

If anything, this has made me focus on what is really important in life: God, family and friends.

The Bible says life is but a vapor. In light of eternity, this life is nothing. I want to be busy doing what God has called me to do. There’s no time to waste.

This life will soon fade away, and I will face eternity.

I want to be found faithful. I must do all I can while I can and do it all for God.

Getting Started

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. I’m Chris, and this is my attempt at blogging.

I like to write, so I thought I’d try blogging. I’ll write mostly about life issues and what's happening in my world but may occasionally write about politics. If you’re a liberal, you’ll have to forgive my political rants.

I hope you’ll like some of what you read here. If you do, leave me a comment.

Thanks again for joining me as we travel down life’s highway.

Let’s get started….