The more I reflect on Obama's agenda and mantra both during the last campaign and now as the nation fully faces the fiscal cliff, I think he has caused people who only felt a little envy to really break God's tenth commandment. He even instilled hatred on top of covet.
Moses brought down the big 10 important rules from God himself.
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's (goods) house or fields, nor his male or female slaves, nor his ox or ass, or anything that belongs to him."
God says not to covet anything that belongs to our neighbor. Nothing. Not his lawn, his car, his business, his pension, his socks. Nothing.
I shall continue to keep my own coveting to envy. I would hope that in America each one of us is still free enough to strive toward acquiring the best within our talents and situation.
When our daughter was young she wanted to be an artist and then a tollbooth worker and then the lady at the drive-up at McDonalds and then a lawyer. Great, be the very best tollbooth worker as you can. Be happy.
Now we are to covet and hate our neighbor who has stuff and we are told to believe that he is not paying his fair share. Of course, no one has defined fair share. We just know that he's not and it's not fair.
God help us. The words of Pastor Martin Niemöller:
"First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me."
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