This was from a speech this past summer in which President Obama was speaking to Germans about the role of America and Europe in assisting the rest of the world. Side note, most on the right would be surprised that he glorified free enterprise. A good friend of mine shared this quote with me a few days ago and it really spoke to me. Then I read the speech and I was reminded of the role that our nation has in spreading freedom to the world. Being that shining city on a hill for the world to look to for what humanity could be when people are free. Spreading this freedom isn't by invasions and replacing governments with force. It is by being the example if what made us great. It means taking care of the little man. It means taking care of your neighbor. It means not constantly trying to consume and sometimes giving it away. It means asking what one can do for their country and not what their country can do for them.
I am not a fan of many of the president's policies. He and I would strongly disagree with each other about the role of government in helping others. Never the less, this quote rings very true.
Think about how our values as a nation can be applied in your personal life. Help those who could never thank you for it. Help when you will never know the results of that help. Don't wait for the government to help your neighbor. You help your neighbor. For my fellow Christians, remember your neighbor is the unclean man laying in the road that has just been robbed. It doesn't matter if you think he is going to Hell. It doesn't matter if he has broken every rule in the book. It doesn't matter if you think he will make unwise choices. It doesn't matter if he has wronged you LXX times VII.
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