Well, it’s time for a year end back porch and I think I can pretty well share with you the overall opinion of most of the guys that get together on the back porch when weather permits. I think what we would like to do is to just simply list very quickly some collective thoughts. We find ourselves in this country at this time where the legal debate exceeds, even probably the most ardent debates in Greece back in the day, the Greeks were known for their love of debate, which sometimes would kind of rattled the apostle Paul. First off, there are only two genders. We can debate and add many different angles to that, but it all comes down to one thing… you can add to, take away from, do whatever you want to do but your gender symbol never changes. You are the way God made you and the human mind, body and resources can’t change that. Then the other one that catches our attention every time, and we were absolutely amazed by it is the fact that the law in this country simply states that you must come in through one of the centers or areas that we have designated legally to obtain a visa are a work permit. If you come in any other way, that is illegal. I will give you some ground here, coming in by unauthorized areas or ways does not make you illegal, after all God created you and you are equal in God’s eyes, but the human side of this, the secular side of this, however you want to put it says that we have these laws that regulate the way you enter our country and if you don’t follow those laws then you’re here illegally. Let us  try to be a little clearer with that. You are not illegal, but you are in this country illegally. Now here is something that you can as they say “take to the bank” there are nations that will shoot you if you cross their border improperly. If you’re still not convinced, google it. The other thing that gets our attention is the passion that has suddenly developed within our country to debate the law. Now there is no sense in putting a lot of statistics before you we are trying to explain something that I don’t completely understand and neither do the rest of us, but the only people it seems to benefit are the lawyers. I do not wish to overwhelm you with a bunch of old men’s pondering, but we do ponder about the fact that there seems to be a large group of people in our country from all walks of life who don’t seem to be bothered about rape, murder, public disorder, disrespect for public order, and those that enforce it. I’ll close out in a manner that for many of you may seem controversial. There are those in our country today that disrespect our God burn our churches disfigure our synagogues and in general have no respect for others in any way. So I ask you to ponder this.

We don’t like you…but this is your Ponder for today.

God says we must love you…Why?