Proactive

Proactive: acting in anticipation of future problems, needs, or changes.

We love because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19

But God shops His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5

We cannot be procative with God. He has been proactive with us, and all that we can do is react, respond to Him.

Reform?

We are now weeks (months, years?) into the "discussion" of healthcare reform. Not being an expert on any of the questions involved, I have been mostly listening. I admit my biases. I have been reading Basic Economics, by Thomas Sowell, and that has formed some of my background thinking. But after listening to the rhetoric for a while now, I think I can plainly state my position: Our healthcare doesn't need reforming. In the United States of America we have the best healthcare in the world. It is not perfect, but it is better than that found anywhere else on a comparable scale. What does need reforming is how we go about paying for it. And none of the proposals coming from the President, or from the Democratic leadership in the House and the Senate will do any good. At best they will cause stagnation in out current system, and at worst they will lead to the deteriorization of our current care levels. I have heard some interesting ideas coming out of conservative sources. I don't know if they would work or not, but they are not even being allowed into the discussion occurring at the levels of power in our nation's capital. It seems that those currently in power are most concerned with keeping and increasing their power, not actually bringing reform that might do the populace some good.

Memories

Saturday I drove over Trail Ridge Road, forty-eight years to the day since I was first driven over it.