Foundations!

I caught a great talk yesterday on the importance of foundations. The whole premise rang so true to me, everything you do needs to have a solid foundation. New houses in Miami are built to a code to withstand the brut force of a category five hurricane. Although they look just like other construction their integrity is far above others not built to those specifications.

With that in mind I submit to you our government. The founders laid a foundation for us of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, based upon a Judeo-Christian philosophy, with a capitalistic economy based on a gold currency. That my friends can withstand any storm, that is until we stray from the building code. Taking our country off the gold standard and enacting legislation that produces entitlements paid for with debt, punctures the integrity of that foundation. Leaving us susceptible to damage from a storm. So just like any addition to a house, we need to stay with the building code, to ensure our government has a solid foundation. We need to call code enforcement for an inspection, we have serious infractions that leave the whole structure in jeopardy should the hard times of a storm test it's integrity.

History flaunts the consequences of building a government based on the whims of the people. There is a reason America has the longest standing form of government. Look at those who wandered from a solid foundation, France, Spain. England. Yet we have an administration who yearns to be like those failed systems. It's time to check that thought process!

Now foundations don't just apply to government. Let's look at relationships! Relationships based on love, faith, and trust can survive the storm. The winds of adversity cannot damage a relationship build on solid ground. Investing time and making positive deposits in the love bank helps weather the storms that are bound to blow. When ever the relationship is tested and a withdrawal must be made, it survives because there is sufficient collateral deposited to withstand the test of a withdrawal. Relationships based on a strong foundation stare into the winds of adversity and yell, "Is that all you got?"

Both of these foundations I spoke of are based on faith. So it seems apparent the building blocks of a strong foundation is faith. Maybe that's the secret we are missing in today's relationship failing, government floundering society? Have we built a house of cards without the proper foundation to expand our desires? It's time to reread the building code and adhere to it's principles.

God Bless
Capt. Bill