Archive for December, 2005
12-21-2005
Happy Hum-bug days
Does anyone else seem to remember when this time of year was spent with excitement, wonder, hope and good will? It almost seems like it was just a dream to me. This year I’ve certainly taken notice more than in the past. “Christmas” it seems, is becoming more of a curse than a blessing to most people, and with dramatic and dangerous consequences. There is a story in the news about a mother who protested her daughter’s School’s participation in providing bell-ringers for the Salvation Army, because it promoted a “religious organization.” The school’s response? They cancelled the entire program. Another story comes from salt Lake City, Utah, where there is a pending lawsuit from citizens protesting road-side crosses along the city’s highways, saying they are a public endorsement of religion on public property. Do you know what is written upon these crosses? Names of State Troopers who were killed in the line of duty.
What is this nation coming to, where people have a total disregard for the feelings of others just so they don’t have to see a cross on the side of the road? What is it coming to when a parent’s heart is so cold that they won’t allow their child to help collect monetary gifts for the needy (as well as earn community service credits), just because it is a religious organization? It makes me ill.
Last week, the House actually voted 401 to 22 to respect the traditions of Christmas. A Gallup poll last week that said 62 percent of Americans believe saying ‘Happy Holidays’ instead of ‘Merry Christmas’ is not a good thing. And only 3 percent feel the greeting ‘Merry Christmas’ is offensive in any way.
So why are we still catering to the left and the small percentage of American’s that think this nation is Burger King, and no matter what, they can “Have it their way”? As I’ve heard so many times already this year, if the people who want Christ taken out of the holidays are that bent on their mission, THEY should all report to work on Monday, instead of enjoying the day off like most others will. They should also visit a church, any Bible believing church, and see how much more happiness, warmth, and good-will those congregations have than themselves. When you know the real meaning of the season, it makes every aspect that much more enjoyable. Christmas is supposed to be a time of celebration, and giving thanks to God that he sent his Son to save the world, not for litigation. We have 364 more days out of the year for that. Merry Christmas, and please don’t ever stop offering that greeting to everyone on this special day.
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12-21-2005
Back to the first mouse…
First off, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Jordan Seitler, 2nd born in my family, and coincidentally, younger brother of my male sibling, Travis.
I hope to be able to offer something to anyone who reads this, if not more than the
“This just in / We now return you to your previous scheduled programming, already in progress” kind of blogging. (You know, the kind that interrupts your favorite T.V. show if only for a minute, but in the end you’re glad it did, because now you know WHY Jessica left Nick.) But maybe I’m reaching too far too soon.
Anyways, as most of you know from my brother’s mantra, “The second mouse gets the cheese.” On the surface, I totally agree with this direction of thinking. But I think my style of blogging is best summed up thusly: Whereas the second mouse gets the cheese, is free to eat it, take it back to it’s nest and digest it, turning it into all sorts of useful energy and information and all the while sorting out any useless— *material*, I see myself as the first mouse, who jumped on the cheese without much thought, and is now on his death-“trap”, squealing to gather all the other mice together one last time, as he struggles to gurgle out one last nugget of advice and warning for those who will carry on after him.
In laymans terms, it might not sound pretty or well thought-out, but it just might turn out to be useful. This is my hope.
So in closing:
“The second mouse gets the cheese, but what he doesn’t know is that the first mouse sneezed all over it.”
(That one might not make any sense after all… But one day it just might be useful!)
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