Telemoonfa’s Response to the Passage of the Health Care Bill

Dear Readers,

Like many of you, I am saddened and frustrated by the passage of the health care bill in the U.S. House of Representatives last night. My wife and I watched it on CSPAN, and when we saw the Democrats cheer when they got 216 yes votes, we mourned for our nation and for the future of our children.

I’m afraid that this is a sign of the times, and I’m afraid that America is slowly turning into a Communist country.

Seeing this happen to America is like standing by and watching the Titanic sink, without being able to do anything about it. Seeing this happen to America is like watching a Redwood fall, or a grandfatherly elephant collapse.

It’s very sad.

What more could I have done to stop the health care bill from passing? What more could I have done? I went to a tea party, I wrote my representatives a few times about health care, I signed a few online petitions against health care reform, I voted for Mitt Romney in the Republican primaries and then I voted for John McCain in the general election, I talked with several neighbors and friends about it- what more could I have done?

Should I have attended more protests, written more emails, donated money to groups that were fighting health care, bribed some Democratic representatives? Would that have made a difference?

What more could I have done?

I even prayed for the health care bill to fail.

I usually don’t pray for specific political things like that. I often pray for the general health and well-being of the nation, I pray for our troops that they will be safe and successful, I pray for the economy to improve, and I pray generally for the leaders of our nation, and other general, vague things like that. But I usually feel like it’s wrong somehow to ask God to intervene on specific political issues.

But on this health care bill thing, I’m pretty darn certain that a government takeover of healthcare will be bad for the prosperity of Americans. I’m pretty sure that if the health care bill becomes a law, it will hurt the economy and hurt health care and fund abortion, which is an awful sin, and it will do lots of other bad stuff. So, it made sense to me to pray to have the health care bill fail.

Nevertheless, it passed.

I had a conversation with my sister about the health care bill passing and she thought that maybe since our society is morally decaying we deserve what we get- a bully federal government, unemployment, taxes, taxes, taxes, death panels, and so on.

And maybe my sister is right. Maybe we deserve the cruel men that have become our new kings, because we have been wicked. Maybe we have brought the evils of socialism upon ourselves.

This is nothing new. Whenever the Lord’s people obeyed the commandments and appointed righteous judges, they prospered. But whenever they disobeyed the commandments, they got wars or plagues or famines or they got enslaved or bullied by heathen governments. And then the Lord’s people repented, turned back to the Lord, and eventually things got better again.

I do think that we need to continue to be politically active. We shouldn’t just roll over and let the bully federal government have their way with us. We need to work hard to elect honest and righteous conservatives to office this November, and we need to keep writing and calling our representatives, and we need to keep going to tea parties, and we need to keep learning about the issues, and arming ourselves with correct information, and exposing the crooks among us, and raising conservative awareness, and undoing all the psychological and spiritual damage inflicted upon us by the mainstream media and by the leftist public education system.

More importantly, though, we need to return to Judeo-Christian values. Remember that Boyd K. Packer taught, “The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior.”

I think it’s also safe to say, “The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve the economy quicker than a study of the economy will improve the economy.”

More people need to repent. More people need to go back to church. More people need to say their prayers. More people need to pray with their families, and express love for their family members and neighbors, and show compassion towards one another.

I’m reminded of a quote I saw embroidered into a throw pillow in some God-fearing household: “Work as if everything depended on you. Pray as if everything depended on the Lord.”

Our American way of life is worth fighting for. Our country, our representative democracy, our liberty, our religion, and our families need to be defended and preserved for the next generation.

Sincerely,
Telemoonfa