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Governments Can Do Lots Of Things, But There Are A Lot Of Things They Cannot Do. A Government Can Provide Good Housing, But Folks Can Have A House Without Having A Home. We Can Keep People Breathing With Good Health Care, But They Still May Not Really Be Alive.

All Around You, People Will Be Tiptoeing Through Life, Just To Arrive At Death Safely. But Dear Children, Do Not Tiptoe. Run, Hop, Skip, Or Dance, Just Don't Tiptoe.

One Of The Great Dangers In Political Engagement Is Misplaced Hope.

Most Of The Ugliness In The Human Narrative Comes From A Distorted Quest To Possess Beauty. Coveting Begins With Appreciating Blessings: Murder Begins With A Hunger For Justice. Lust Begins With A Recognition Of Beauty. Gluttony Begins When Our Enjoyment Of The Delectable Gifts Of God Starts To Consume Us. Idolatry Begins When Our Seeing A Reflection Of God In Something Beautiful Leads To Our Thinking That The Beautiful Image Bearer Is Worthy Of Worship.

I Think In The End, God's Justice Is Redemptive, It's Restorative, It's About Giving Life, Not Taking Life.