Excerpted From
“Making America great again” August 2016
*Not an ad for Mr. Trump
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a short essay by Richard Nelson
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for the full article, see the link below
*NOTE
even though Richard
Nelson is a conservative, my feeling is that he wrote this in
contradiction to Mr. Donald Trump, and as an attempt to show that
Trump has it all wrong in his race-baiting and rabble-rousing. Trump
has not spoken about God and maybe no candidate wants to go there,
but Mr. Nelson gives us a true definition of becoming great because
we know God is the source of any greatness we may hope to achieve.
Richard Nelson wrote
in part:
Take ownership of your life and the choices you make.
Guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life. Be careful with your words and be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
Live a life of gratitude. Realize that God made you for a purpose. You are unique with gifts and abilities and talents unlike anyone else.
Be careful with your time, for we are only allotted so many days on this earth. Be diligent in your work and pursue excellence.
Invest in your family more carefully than you invest in your retirement, for that’s your real treasure. Nurture your children and love them deeply.
Train them to walk in goodness, justice and mercy. Invest in your community and practice good citizenship.
Minister to the needy. Care for the widows and orphans and help those who cannot help themselves.
Love your neighbor as yourself and love even more the God who gave that commandment.
Ok, end of sermon. But shouldn’t we preach these kind of things to ourselves daily?”
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