going to pay you to bring them gravel. They’re going to pay you, and you’re going to get to keep that money. You only have to pay for the repairs, gas, and motor oil. Will that get your butt off welfare and food stamps?”
“It sounds too good to be true,” he said.
“Well, it is good but it’s true,” I told him.
I baptized the man in the Ouachita River in front of my house when he was seventeen or eighteen years old. I stayed with him over the years, and I really wanted to get him off the governmenttrough and put him to work. Now he makes an honest living, and I can see that he walks a little taller and has a lot more pride about what he’s doing.
There’s another young man who works on my land with me. He had struggled with alcohol over the years, but I knew he had a really good heart and loved his wife and kids. About a year ago, a company that builds manufactured houses asked me to do a commercial for them. As part of my compensation, they gave me a new manufactured home they built. They put the double-wide home on a nice part of my property. I decided to let the guy and his family live in it to help them get on their feet.
“If you live your life for Jesus and stay off the bottle, here’s what you will get in return,” I told him. “You’ll get a free double-wide, fully furnished with grass, carpet, and furniture. You get the whole works free of charge, including the insurance. It won’t cost you a dime. All of your utility bills will be paid: electricity, water, sewage, everything. All you have to do is move your wife and children into the home, and you’ll live happily ever after.”
The guy looked at me and grinned, and I knew he thought it was a pretty good deal.
“Oh, it’s a good deal,” I told him. “I don’t know anyone else who is going to make you that kind of deal. Now, your job is going to be to help me around here. That’s how I’m going to get repaid. You come out of a farming family. I need help planting the fields with corn, and I want you to sow the land, seed it, and fertilize it every year. I want you to make sure I have a crop overthere for ducks. I’m even going to pay you a monthly salary for the work.”
Well, the guy and his family moved into the double-wide, and he and his wife cried when they opened the doors for the first time. They’re happy, happy, happy. Some of you might be asking, “Why would you do that?” Well, my answer is that’s the way America should work. We should individually assist each other. We put people to work and get their labor in return, thereby negating their reliance on the government.
It’s a matter of personal responsibility if you ask me. If you’re overweight and your blood pressure is shooting through the roof, back away from the table and get some exercise. If you build your house next to the ocean or a river and then a hurricane or flood wipes it out, don’t expect the government to come bail you out. When my house was flooded in 1991, we had to replace the flooring and most of the walls because of water damage and mold. It took my boys about three days to get the snakes out of it! But we never received a single dime from the state of Louisiana or the federal government, and we never asked for it. When Miss Kay and I purchased the property, we accepted the risk of the house being flooded. I chose to live here, so it’s my responsibility when flooding occurs.
If you build a multimillion-dollar home on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, it’s going to get blown away by a hurricane one of these days. It’s not a matter of if your house is going to get blown over; it’s going to get blown away if you live there!You’re living on a sandbar next to the ocean. If you look out into the Gulf of Mexico, that’s where hurricanes come from. You shouldn’t be expecting me, as a citizen of the United States, to be doling out money to you when it happens. You need to move back up the road or back up the hill a little bit. It’s
“It sounds too good to be true,” he said.
“Well, it is good but it’s true,” I told him.
I baptized the man in the Ouachita River in front of my house when he was seventeen or eighteen years old. I stayed with him over the years, and I really wanted to get him off the governmenttrough and put him to work. Now he makes an honest living, and I can see that he walks a little taller and has a lot more pride about what he’s doing.
There’s another young man who works on my land with me. He had struggled with alcohol over the years, but I knew he had a really good heart and loved his wife and kids. About a year ago, a company that builds manufactured houses asked me to do a commercial for them. As part of my compensation, they gave me a new manufactured home they built. They put the double-wide home on a nice part of my property. I decided to let the guy and his family live in it to help them get on their feet.
“If you live your life for Jesus and stay off the bottle, here’s what you will get in return,” I told him. “You’ll get a free double-wide, fully furnished with grass, carpet, and furniture. You get the whole works free of charge, including the insurance. It won’t cost you a dime. All of your utility bills will be paid: electricity, water, sewage, everything. All you have to do is move your wife and children into the home, and you’ll live happily ever after.”
The guy looked at me and grinned, and I knew he thought it was a pretty good deal.
“Oh, it’s a good deal,” I told him. “I don’t know anyone else who is going to make you that kind of deal. Now, your job is going to be to help me around here. That’s how I’m going to get repaid. You come out of a farming family. I need help planting the fields with corn, and I want you to sow the land, seed it, and fertilize it every year. I want you to make sure I have a crop overthere for ducks. I’m even going to pay you a monthly salary for the work.”
Well, the guy and his family moved into the double-wide, and he and his wife cried when they opened the doors for the first time. They’re happy, happy, happy. Some of you might be asking, “Why would you do that?” Well, my answer is that’s the way America should work. We should individually assist each other. We put people to work and get their labor in return, thereby negating their reliance on the government.
It’s a matter of personal responsibility if you ask me. If you’re overweight and your blood pressure is shooting through the roof, back away from the table and get some exercise. If you build your house next to the ocean or a river and then a hurricane or flood wipes it out, don’t expect the government to come bail you out. When my house was flooded in 1991, we had to replace the flooring and most of the walls because of water damage and mold. It took my boys about three days to get the snakes out of it! But we never received a single dime from the state of Louisiana or the federal government, and we never asked for it. When Miss Kay and I purchased the property, we accepted the risk of the house being flooded. I chose to live here, so it’s my responsibility when flooding occurs.
If you build a multimillion-dollar home on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, it’s going to get blown away by a hurricane one of these days. It’s not a matter of if your house is going to get blown over; it’s going to get blown away if you live there!You’re living on a sandbar next to the ocean. If you look out into the Gulf of Mexico, that’s where hurricanes come from. You shouldn’t be expecting me, as a citizen of the United States, to be doling out money to you when it happens. You need to move back up the road or back up the hill a little bit. It’s
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