Health care, the struggle with death
Recently I found myself in one of those moments where I think someone misunderstood me and further assumed my position on a subject without asking. The hot button subject is health care. This is a hot button subject for America and the rest of the world. The President of the United States, Barack Obama, has made this a major issue lately. Now regardless of where you stand, on the right or the left, this subject seems to be crucial. I'm not here to debate the current legislation or even take a stand on it on my blog, so don't ask me to.
The real issue with health care is death.
Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return."
Man struggles with death, the consequence of sin. We want better, more health care or less expensive health care because we want to live longer, happier lives. We innately want to keep the final form of punishment as far from us as possible. We would rather not know if we were wrong about our belief in God, or our belief that there is no God. We struggle because this haunts our lives in the darkness, causes us to do insane things, commit atrocities and occasionally love our neighbor or do a good deed to make up for something we've done.
The truth is we all fear because we are all guilty. We are all sinners. We have all royally messed this place up. We have all done wrong against ourselves, our neighbors, our family and our Maker.
Romans 3:23 ...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God...
My point: Health Care debate points to our need of eternal salvation and our struggle with death. We are all passing through this world.