Agents of Change

Posted by: Brent James on January 29, 2008 Hot Issues •

I live in a small town next to a big city. Everyone in the small town worries that the big city is going to annex us and turn us into them. They have more crime, higher taxes, worse traffic and all the other benefits that come with growth. Then, as annexation worries subside, growth springs upon us. The growth advocates tell us that it’s a good thing. They tell us that we just “need some change.”

Now, we have more shopping malls, more housing developments, rising crime, higher taxes, traffic, etc. And they said our sleepy little town would stay the same. I prefer things like they were, but permanence has little relevance in a temporal span. The Bible teaches that aside from God’s nature, everything is subject to change. It is inevitable and constant. Expect it.

There’s nothing wrong with change unless you don’t want it. Who wants square tires put on their car? Most of us appreciate the kind of changes that keep life interesting. When people talk about change, however, they are talking about pepperoni instead of sausage – not homosexual marriage. They are talking about an Apple instead of a PC – not mandatory healthcare coverage courtesy of the federal government.

So be careful when the presidential candidates speak of ‘change’ as they are doing with great regularity and little specificity. After November, it will have vastly different meanings depending on your point of view. As a country, we are in dire need of changes in Washington. Ask yourself: Are these the changes we want? How will their changes change America? How will they change our lives? Lots to ponder.

Vote your values.

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