Part 1 of ABQ Lump of Coal This is part two of our posts of the lump of coal ABQ Mayor Tim Keller Inherited from the last administration.
Merry Christmas Albuquerque Residents: That lump of coal is going to cost ABQ residents around $40 million according to a report in the ABQ Journal.
I was recalling this weekend of all the wisdom that Will Rogers passed along to us about politicians. I could not sleep last night because these problems come from not following biblical principles. When it comes to budgets, if Sharon and I do not follow biblical principles in our finances we create problems.
Will Rogers quotes…..
- “If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics” WA # 31, July 15, 1923
- “Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with nowadays.” DT #1538, June 28, 1931I have visited the Will Rogers Museum
- Mark Twain said, “The only difference between a Republican and Democrat is the spelling” My comment: That is why I’m a registered Independent.
Here at the ministry we have no debt, because God said NO DEBT!
It seems many games or strange methods are used in operating a governments finances. It is a very sad state of affairs, because political games were played and now we, the residents of Albuquerque, are stuck with the $40 million lump of coal. It looks like adding urgent needed Police Officers is going to be a delayed.
Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it. Ecclesiates 7:12
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. Proverbs 22:7
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. Timothy 6:10
We are praying for Mayor Tim Keller and his administration and the City Council for Godly wisdom as they work through this mess.
Politics is a quagmire.