Trust in God

This September is one of meaningful contemplation. Here I am, turning 56 in the 14th and still unemployed and seeking for work. I'm sorry that this has been the story of my life. When I started out in 1977 I was going to work in the Nuclear Construction industry for the rest of my life. After Three Mile Island, the nuclear industry died. I worked in manufacturing, government contracts and cellular industries trying to keep my family afloat. Now I'm still trying get traction in the job market and nothing seems to fit. However, like Nephi, I know in whom I have trusted and I haven't given up hope.

We received work last night that little Gavin Spragues slipped the bonds of mortality and entered into perfection with his Heavenly Father. It has only been 16 months since his second cousin Hollis Newcomer passed away. Our love and trust of our Heavenly Father reminds us that His will be done. We don't know why little children barely removed from their pre-existant standing have to suffer and having completed their short missions, returned to the Father who gave them life. The two babies must be huge stalwart spirits and Heavenly Father couldn't let them be stained by mortality. As with any tragedy, though, there are survivors and our thoughts and prayers should be with them. It is my hope that Andre and Bethany will recover from this and love Gavin for the time they had with him.

Yes, Heavenly Father is in charge and only He knows the reasons for tragedy and misfortune.

Dbone

When I consider Derricks Blessing, and whenever I lay my hands on his head, I get a sense of spiritual greatness that has been cloaked in his disabilities. I feel that the Lord will gently peel back those disabilities as Derrick stays close to the Lord. His anger issues are issues of frustration (which we all have) because he wants to be like everyone else and knows that he isn't. I don't think as a family that we have jammed those disabilities down his throat, but maybe as parents we have jumped in to "save him" from certain situations. There is such a fine line with him about doing too much and doing not enough.

I appreciate all that his siblings are doing for him financially because we are not in a position to do much in that arena. I hope that as a family we will all love him and help him achieve everything that is possible for him to achieve.

Election Excitement (Finally

I had some serious concerns about this year's presidential elections because we had the potential of having 4 senators running (two Presidents and two VP's). For years I've worried about pompous senators who don't govern anything trying to be a president. That is the reason that for the past 16 years, the men in the white house were governers. Until last Friday when Senator McCain took the covers off of Sarah Palin, I was planning on writing in Mitt Romney's name when it came to the election. Now, I'm so pumped up for John McCain because last night he told us what he was going to do, why he was going to do it and he's going to do it by changing attitudes in Washington. I think Sarah Palin will be his secret weapon (for Trev--the Cardinals had a secret weapon in the '80's who did wonders for them) and she will crack the heads of Washington Insiders to do the right things. Not since Ronald Reagon gained the GOP nomination in 1980 have I been as excited about this election. I'm going to work hard to support McCain and other conservative Republicans. It's time we let our actions and our attitudes work to help the right candidates separate themselves from the bad candidates. I think in the end, good will triumph over mediocrity which is what the Dem's are promoting.

Have a great day.
Fred Newcomer