Fwd: thought

Being able to care for yourself is a vital aspect of our nature. We all need assistance from time to time but we do not want to be dependent. We do not want to give up our freedom to dream and act to make dream into reality. --- Too much government or too little government-- this is a tension we must not walk away from. We don't want to be entangled  by government that eliminates our need to stand on our own feet and provide for ourselves. Nor do we want government that does not protect our freedom and responsibility. This tension must be ongoing. --- While we are fundamentally dependent upon God for life, we are also created to practice self-dependence that we might participate in our own survival. God expects us to plow, plant, harvest and if we don't we will starve or find ourselves in a unhealthy dependence. ---   And so this is as I view life this morning.