Mental Musings

Do Not Judge Others One day a prim and proper elderly Christian woman was driving on the Interstate when suddenly her car sputtered and died. She was stuck in the middle of traffic with no idea what to do. She said a quick prayer, “God, please send me an angel to help.” That was when a motorcycle stopped directly behind her and this big, burly man got off, took off his jacket, set it on his bike, and walked toward her window. She was afraid to even roll down her window. He told her to pop the hood and he would take a look. She watched him as he worked on her engine. He had long hair that was tied in a ponytail, a long beard that almost completely covered his face, and tattoos all over his body. She realized that she had always judged these motorcycle riders as gang members and criminals. She reminded herself not to judge others as she said another quick prayer, “Thank you, God, for sending me my angel.” The man quickly was able to fix the problem and she thanked her ange...

Obedience Leads to Riches The American Dream has been the reason that millions of people long to come to the U.S. The American Dream is a theory that anyone can become prosperous if we just work hard enough. It doesn’t matter if you are an immigrant like Arnold Schwarzenegger, a college dropout like Bill Gates, someone that was abused and molested as a child like Tyler Perry, or born into poverty and a rebellious teen like Oprah Winfrey. These and many others have been hailed as proof that the American Dream is real and achievable for all. They point to individuals like Abraham Lincoln who failed time and time again to get elected and still went on to become the President of the United States. They talk about the young friends who started a business in their garage that went on to become Apple. This idea of perseverance for prosperity is not limited to the U.S. Just read the story about a former school teacher that was almost homeless when she finally found so...

God Helps Those Who Help Themselves When I was a child I learned all sorts of information that I later learned was not real. My grandmother told me that if I sang at the table it would rain the next day, that when a cow lays down it was going to rain, or that when the crescent moon is lit on the bottom it is holding the water and we won’t have rain. My grandmother had a lot of theories on the rain. My teachers told me that Columbus discovered America…then later told me that it was actually Amerigo Vespucci because Columbus only discovered the Caribbean…then I was told that Leif Erickson actually discovered America about 500 years before Columbus only to learn later that the Native Americans came from Northeast Asia about 13,000 years ago. I was also told that George Washington never told a lie and that he threw a silver dollar across the Potomac River. However, the Potomac River is about a mile wide. So much for his never telling a lie. There are many other things t...