Our voices were heard and the bill was cut down from 1547 pages to just 116.
Key provisions excluded from the NEW spending bill:
- No transfer of the RFK Stadium land
- No section on āPandemic Preparedness and Responseā
- No extension for the Global Engagement Center
- No pay raise for Congress
- No language changes for ājustice-involved individualsā or āindividuals experiencing homelessnessā
Episode 6 of the Lantern Podcast.
Rachel Atwood is a stay at home mom from Grand Rapids, MI who works on the side for Premier Jewelry.
Most people do not waste their lives all at once.
They waste them one hour at a time.
One excuse at a time.
One distraction at a time.
That is why these words from Jonathan Edwards still hit home more than 300 years later.
āResolved, to live with all my might, while I do live.ā
Edwards was not writing a pleasant quote for social media. He was drawing a line in the sand.
He understood that life is short, time is irreplaceable, and every day we are either becoming the person God called us to be or drifting further away from it.
His resolutions were a declaration of war against fear, laziness, compromise, and wasted time.
āResolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.ā
That is not morbid. It is clarifying.
If this were your final hour, would you still hold that grudge?
Would you still stay silent when you knew you should speak?
Would you still put off calling your family, asking forgiveness, taking the risk, or doing the thing God has been pressing on your heart?
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