From today’s Mass readings – I thought it very appropriate given the burdens we all face, and the extra burdens my family has been carrying of late:
Brothers and sisters,
You have forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as children:
“My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord
or lose heart when reproved by him;
for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines;
he scourges every son he acknowledges.”
Endure your trials as “discipline”;
God treats you as sons.
For what “son” is there whom his father does not discipline?
At the time,
all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain,
yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness
to those who are trained by it.
So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees.
Make straight paths for your feet,
that what is lame may not be disjointed but healed. – Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-14
All of us balk at the troubles of life – but wisdom dictates that we accept the good and the bad and remember that the bad, even if deliberately caused by others, is permitted to happen, at least in part, because we are to learn from it.
There will be an “unexpected” drop in home sales reported next week. Remember, it is going to be unexpected – so, look surprised when the MSM reports it to you.
GOP up by 7 in Washington State senate race. This is another one of those 2010 races we GOPers were supposed to have no chance at all.
MSM is starting to notice China’s real estate bubble – they are still behind the curve as they are just now getting around to noticing its existence. The fact that it has already burst still escapes them, for the most part. Good question to ask, however: does China’s government buy a couple more years of political peace by sustaining absurdly high real estate prices, or risk potential revolution by allowing the crash to happen right away?
Charlie Cook has a prediction about the outcome of the mid-terms which Democrats may read and Republicans must ignore. No, seriously – all you darned Republicans out there stay off that link! Now, why did you go an click it? For crying out loud – just remember: don’t get cocky.
Miss USA – a Moslem – understands the necessity of not building the mosque at Ground Zero. This makes her both very pretty and very smart – pity our liberals can’t muster the same IQ as Miss USA.
2010 Democrat campaign strategy: Run Away!
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