by Dan Getz, Blogger
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“How lonely sits the city that was full of people! She has become like a widow who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a forced laborer! She weeps bitterly in the night and her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.” (Lamentations 1:1-2, NASB).
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“How lonely sits the city that was full of people! She has become like a widow who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a forced laborer! She weeps bitterly in the night and her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.” (Lamentations 1:1-2, NASB).
All these were the lamentations of another city…in a distant land…and in an age 1000’s of years before the birth of Our Great Nation, but could this be the cry heard in the streets of Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Denver, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Chicago, Little Rock, Phoenix, Miami, etc. etc. as soon as 2016 if the statements and prediction of the “End of the Age of America” by the International Monetary Fund a few short weeks ago, come true? Can we even IMAGINE being less than #1 as a World Power, Leader, and Nation? Can we imagine a world where WE do not DICTATE and CONTROL global politics, trade, world markets and policy? Could we EVER bring ourselves to BELIEVE that a nation like China could surpass US in EVERY way imaginable and lead to US being #2…and THEM being #1 in ALL of these things, and in as little as FIVE YEARS??
Do these concepts or words even make sense to MOST of US? Do WE even realize the WORLD most of US live in is NOT the same WORLD most of the people of the earth dwell, work and LIVE in? Why is it that we NOW rely on the nations around the globe to show US how to do things, when only 50, 40, 30, 20 and even 10 years ago WE were showing the WORLD how it is done…Teaching THEM how to live…how to make money…how to be profitable…and how to do ALL of this ethically and honestly while STILL maintaining VERY HEALTHY profit margins? What has happened to the days when OUR engineers…OUR scientists…Our teachers…Our children…Our factories…Our auto dealers…Our Sam Waltons…Our Papa John’s…Our Bill Gates…Our Mark Zuckerberg’s…Our Coronal Sanders…Our J.C. Penny’s…Our Henry Ford’s…Our NATION showed the WORLD how it’s DONE? What happened to ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES with NO fear of a LOT of HARD WORK, the WILLINGNESS to get our hands dirty, and the days when INGENUITY, CREATIVITY, and INOVATION thrived in OUR great land? What happened to the sights, sounds and evidence of American Pride, “Made in America ”, “American Ingenuity” “Just Do It” and “Built Ford Tough”?
I HAVE to BELIEVE I am NOT the ONLY one who sees the absence of ALL of this, while REMEMBERING the presence of ALL of this not so long ago. I also have to BELIEVE I am not the ONLY one scratching my head and asking the question “WHY?” I also BELIEVE that I am not the ONLY one willing to sacrifice, work hard and dream about seeing the days of playing hard and LIVING once again…Do You? Have You? Could You ONCE AGAIN? I think WE can…stir up the gifts, vision, passion and creativity within EACH of US…BELIEVE…and STILL be #1…in essence CONNECTING aRt wItH bUsInEsS tHrOuGh FAITH…Once Again…NOW…and BEFORE the end of OUR age…
Dan Getz is a Blogger, and Owner/Operator of Dance4One and More Green Consulting, as well as a Marketing Consulting for Ambit Energy, while recently being employed as a Sr. Accounting/Credit Analyst at Haggar in Dallas, TX and still delivering pizzas for Papa John’s. More information can be found about Dan and the companies he has founded over the last 10 ½ months at http://www.dance4one.com/, http://www.dance4one.blogspot.com/, FACEBOOK (Dan Getz and Dance4One), or by Tweeting @Dance4One or emailing dangetz1213@yahoo.com.
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