Philippines needs more Rizals
By Shelley Ortiz
I long for the day when God will raise up men of stature like Rizal who truly loved his country and its people and actually tried to do something to improve the condition of his countrymen. The more I think it can’t get any more corrupt, current leadership always prove me grievously wrong.
I wonder how much money is enough for these vultures, how many more young people need to be ripped away from their families so they can work in non-Christian-friendly nations to bring home the bacon and send their siblings to nursing school so they too can leave home and leave all the poor sick folks back home and work elsewhere, again for the $. How many more marriages have to be broken up because a spouse is working overseas and the other spouse is left to care for all the children? Money or father/mother – I guess money seems to always win.
I must say I admire Uncle Alfon – I asked him a long time ago why he is not in the US like everyone else? He told me (and I will never forget it) – why go there, marami nangangailangan sa 'kin dito. May his tribe increase.
May God raise up a godly (not religious, but a true Christ-like man) leader for the beloved country of Rizal (ours too). There was the man Moses, just one man raised up by God, and look at what God did thru him.
The new year brings hope.
Love to you all.