My pastor spelled it out yesterday morning during his sermon at Antioch Baptist Church in Atlanta. All we hear about these days is bad news. And it's true. Bad news about scandals. Bad news about health care policy. Bad news about the economy. Especially if you focus on news about the government, there's just about no escaping the negative.
But I thought that as conservatives we were supposed to believe that the heart of this nation is its people, not its government. And if that's the case, then maybe we partially have ourselves to blame for being so down in the dumps over what's happening. Maybe we spend too much of our time thinking about the government. Yes, the government is a mess, but there is an awful lot going on in this nation that is good and uplifting.
This morning on the radio show, I talked about a young woman who met a young man at a car show, hit it off with him and decided to donate her kidney to him. She was a perfect match (how's that for divine intervention?), and three years later they got married. I told the story of a Detroit mailman who saved a homeowner on his route from a house fire, then calmly went on to finish his deliveries. I told the story of a serviceman who survived the suicide bombing that took the lives of his buddies, and even though he lost his legs and suffered severe damage to his arms, he still gave everything he had to salute his commanding officer upon receipt of his Purple Heart.
This is a great nation, because the nation is made up of great people. Yes, it's a shame the people governing us are not great, and we'll go back to dealing with that tomorrow. But our government does not define who we are as a people. We do that ourselves, and that's why - once you make up your mind to focus on good news - you can always find some.
