The Big Ten

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.

Calvin Coolidge 

   Our leadership in America today is missing something. We wonder why our "leaders" can't seem to figure out the simple or accomplish the obvious. They are missing something. They are missing moral authority. They are missing spiritual power. They are missing the favor of the Almighty in their legislative duties. You see, my friend; they have forgotten the Big Ten.

You shall have no other gods before me.
   Yet our elected officials have made themselves gods to be obeyed, and we who keep electing them are complicit.
You shall not make for yourselves any idols.
   Yet our elected officials have made POWER their idol, and we who keep electing them are complicit.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
   Yet our elected officials use His name when convenient for personal gain, and we who keep electing them are complicit.
Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.
   Yet our elected officials mock and ridicule the worship of the Lord, and we who keep electing them are complicit.
Honor your father and your mother.
   Yet our elected officials interfere with the authority of parents making decisions concerning their children, and we who keep electing them are complicit.
You shall not murder.
   Yet our elected officials continue to uphold the murder of innocent unborn children as a 'right', and we who keep electing them are complicit.
You shall not commit adultery.
   Yet our elected officials continue to undermine the sanctity of marriage in both actions and legislation, and we who keep electing them are complicit.
You shall not steal.
   Yet our elected officials extort billions of dollars more than necessary for the Constitutional obligations of the government and squander them on corrupt programs and pet projects, and we who keep electing them are complicit.
You shall not bear false witness.
  Yet our elected officials refuse to accept responsibility for their actions and instead look for scapegoats to cast blame upon, and we who keep electing them are complicit.
You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.
   Yet our elected officials promote class envy and class warfare to shift focus from their failures and to gain reelection, and we who keep electing them are complicit.

   Our nation is in shambles because we refuse to demand accountability, honesty, and integrity from our elected officials, and quite frankly, from ourselves as well. We need, as Calvin Coolidge said, more spiritual power, more of the unseen. We need to return to what makes us great. We need to return to the Big Ten.


Godspeed.