So, I am a very lucky man. I am currently sitting in a very comfortable recliner at an infusion center to receive iron infusions because I am apparentmlly anemic. I have had quite a journey getting here. I have had multiple health issues arise, I got to start seeing a Dr in September of 2021, because I finally became full time with the non-profit I work for. And because of the various medical issues that have arisen, the Dr's visits, the hospitalizations, the medication, my medical bills are in excess of $1000.00, but I can afford that. I have a good job, a good home, friends, family, and food and so I am being blessed by the creator of the universe. But this letter is not about my medical ills or woes, ... well, not exactly.
You see, I was listening to that < sarcasm switch on > horribly liberal < sarcasm switch off > radio station NPR on the way to my infusion and they were interviewing an EMT who had been dealing with mental health issues and burnout because of the work he had been doing during the pandemic. Well, this broadcast touched my heart because the non-profit I work for is a mental health non-profit!
The man being interviewed have a rather graphic description of his struggle with suicide and how far he had gone in the action. The interviewer asked if hospitalization would have helped? And the man said for him it may have, but the countless others who are battling mental health issues, suicidality, low wages or no wages, housing instability or homelessness, lack of health-care, lack of food security, lack of ALL of those items that fulfill Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, those people it won't help because THEY NEED MORE! (Please note that is my paraphrase of what he said) At any rate, it got me thinking and this is the result, and the purpose behind this open letter to everyone!
I realize that there are those politicians and political figures who will scream at me for what I am about to write. FINE! GO AHEAD! I AM READY FOR IT! But I have some words for you and ALL OF THOSE WHO SIDE WITH YOU! And here they are!
I have been homeless, I have been jobless, I have been without insurance, I have been without anything and I am thoroughly blessed now, so I know a thing or two. I know what will help "those" people, the people who are the lost ones, the people the EMT talked about and in turn all of us in this great nation of ours. We need to offer help at the federal level in the form of food security, medical security and help, mental health security and support, housing security, livable wages, universal health-care, I think you get the picture, right? AND HERE ARE THE WORDS FOR THOSE WHO SCREAM WE CAN'T DO THIS, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES! THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS YES WE DO. THE MONEY IS IN THE POCKETS OF ALL OF YOU, THE POLITICIANS WHO HAVE MILKED THE PUBLIC, ALL OF THE CORPORATE ROBBER BARONS, THE INSURANCE CEO'S, THOSE BEING PAID HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WALKING ON THE BACKS OF THOSE WHO STRUGGLE TO BREATHE, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TURNING AWAY FROM THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS DYING FROM THE LACK OF LIFE SUSTAINING RESOURCES! YOU AND THOSE WHO SIDE WITH YOU ARE KILLING THOSE WHO HAVE LOST ALL HOPE TO LIVE. YOU HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS! YOU BATHE IN THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENTS, YOU ARE TO BLAME!
If you want to know how to solve most if not all of the problems currently facing our country, it comes down to the people who are hoarding money and those supporting and following them into the political arena to claim with false purity and lies that "we don't have the funds!"
If you want to know some Christian Scripture that supports all of this, I suggest you look into the writings from the Prophet Amos!
Amos 2:1-8 "Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord , and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:and they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god." http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Amos2:4-8&version=AKJV
And also, Amos 4:1-8, "Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord.Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God.And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord." http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Amos4:1-8&version=AKJV
YOU WANT TO CLAIM YOUR HOLINESS? YOU WANT TO CLAIM YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS? YOU WANT TO CLAIM YOUR PURITY? THEN TAKE ACTION, EMPTY YOUR POCKETS, AND MAKE A CHANGE!
- ENOUGH SAID!
