While not a wrestling fan, I have been following the story on the murder/suicide of wrestler Chris and Nancy Benoit, which came after the breaking news of Bobby Cutt’s arrest for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Jessie Davis, and her unborn child, which followed the death of police officer Frank Denzinger at the hands of a 15 year old boy who was in trouble for possession of marijuana.

These are only a few incidences in the many that occur every day on the street and in the home, among other places. Anger, sorrow, loneliness, depression, fear –just some of the emotions that lead to acts such as these –acts that leave behind broken hearts, broken dreams, and a lot of questions that will likely never be answered. Where will it stop? Who has the answer in this? Proponents of banning guns believe they have the answer, but anger is anger, and killers will be killers. They don’t need guns to do it. Out of these three tragedies, in only one did the victim die at the hands of a shooter. While you can legislate with regard to inanimate objects, you can’t legislate morality.

Incidences such as these became more prevalent with a combination of things, increase in population, separation of church and state, the removal of prayer from schools, the broken homes everywhere we turn, the mockery made of the ten commandments and biblical principals, as well as the misconception that being a Christian isn’t “cool” because you have to be a doormat…. I could go on, but the bottom line is, every time a member of society suggests that we follow guidelines that are good and pure and perfect, and that member tries to invoke those principles, they are beaten down by those screaming equal rights under the guise of political correctness. I have to wonder, what’s offensive about, “Thou shall not kill”. Whether one follows and organized religion, or not, it is difficult to argue that the ten commandments are make good doctrine to follow in living a peaceful life. Enough said for now. As a Christian, my prayers are with these families as they try to find comfort and peace in this time of sorrow.

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This was sent to me by a Sensible Life Magazine reader, and now I can see the drug problem has been around longer than I realized.

The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a
Methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the
adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question,

”Why didn’t we have a drug problem when you and I were
growing up?”

I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young:

I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church
for weddings and funerals.

I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter
the weather.

I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.
I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents,
told a lie, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the
teacher or the preacher, or if I didn’t put forth my best effort in
everything that was asked of me.

I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out
with soap if I uttered a profanity.
I was drug out to pull weeds in mom’s garden and flower beds
and cockleburs out of dad’s fields.

I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to
help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair
the clothesline, or chop some firewood and, if my mother had ever
known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she
would have drug me back to the woodshed.

Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior
in everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than
cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today’s children had this=
kind of drug problem, America would be a better place.

~author unknown~

God bless the parents who drugged us.

I have a contribution from a reader that I thought made a very good point. I have a comment on this that I’ll include at the end -I don’t want to ruin the post by putting it at the beginning.

In this day and age we live in we need to embrace the vast cultural diversity we have in this great nation of ours. We have African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics and those with German, Italian and other backgrounds all with so much to offer. We are told not to let the actions of a few form our opinions about the group as a whole. Yet, there is one group, to which I belong, that is maligned and misunderstood due to the actions of a few.

We are made up of doctors, lawyers, dentists, bankers, businessmen and women, young adults and the elderly. Who are we? We are HUNTERS! Unfortunately the word conjures up visions of a “beer drinking, truck driving, gun-toting redneck” ready to sling lead at anything that moves and then leave it. The reality is that most hunters have a great respect for the land and the animals they hunt and have poured a great deal of money, time and energy restoring game animals through organizations like the National Wild Turkey Federation and Rocky Mountain Elk Club. Other organizations are working hard to better the tainted image most have of hunters. One such organization is Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH), an organization that pays the processing fees for hunters that want to harvest extra deer to control the deer population. That meat is then donated to organizations providing meals for the hungry in the community.

So please, the next time you hear someone mention hunting, don’t tune them out, listen to what they have to say. Better yet, go with them once and you might just learn something about “these people” but beware – you might just become one!

Gracie’s comment: I love animals, and I think deer are absolutely beautiful, but in the same respect, I think cows and lambs are cute yet many of them still end up in the meat section of the grocery store. I’ve heard comments on hunters on numerous occasions, but those opposed to the hunters and hunting don’t see what I see. It’s a typical day when I see anywhere from 2-5 fresh deer dead along the road, and most recently a fawn. I live in an area where the deer are so overpopulated, it can be difficult for them to find enough nourishment, and many lose the battle with vehicles as they cross highways trying to find food and water sources. What most people miss is the fact that a huge contributing factor to their predicament is development. There are subdivisions going up every where I turn. These developments will be where farmlands and forests once stood. That diminishes natural resources, forcing creatures from their homes and food sources, but you rarely hear anyone complaining that the developers are “Bambi killers”.

To read more on what FHFH has done for the hungry, visit Sensible Life Magazine, and read Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry.