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Greater, Lesser - Haves, Have Nots - sure. We all have something no one else has,... ourself. It make you important, whether you know it or not. There are things you will understand that I never will. Who's greater then? There are times when the reverse is true. When people work together in love remarkable things can be accomplished. If parents and families work and function correctly it becomes apparent. In bigger groups, you always have the "expert" you need, just when you need one,... "Oh,... I know how to do that!" someone will say, "I just didn't think it was all that important." Who knows how to work on a car? I do,... but I can't sing to save my life, although I love music. I had to find a way to express myself with a saxaphone. My brother thinks that's wonderful, but I, on the other hand, watch him guide 35 kids to work together and learn (he's a High School teacher). Thirty-five kids would probably train me to sing badly for their parents or something. We suffer when people are mean to others, because it makes them feel unwanted, they sometimes give-up. Being nice is important, and caring is vital. It's what you have that you give to others that makes you great. What you hoard, what you withold and who you can hurt,... don't make you great.

When a man thinks he's great he tends to think he is the big man and treat people's situation with a high hand. For me this is synonymous with "puffed up" in KJV terms. When a person is not puffed up they can approach people with humility. When a person ministers for a twisted and abusive organization they tend to be puffed up and claim they are being folks' servants at the same time, only proving they really don't get it IMO, from what I have seen.

Thanks, Roy. I haven't yet read the entire Book of Revelation but I have read a few chapters of it and I find Revelation 18 to be fascinating. Think of the United States (or the combined set of industrialized Western countries) as Babylon. The "merchants of the earth" are mining, lumber and oil companies and all others who plunder the earth out of greed. 11"The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more... 14"They will say, 'The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your riches and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.' And verse 19: " 'Woe! Woe, O great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin! [All quotes are from the NIV] I don't know when that terrible hour will come but it sure seems to be getting closer.

As of today the situation in the Gulf is not a heck of a lot better. Oil now sinking to the floor of the Gulf and it will kill off everything it covers. I heard today that some oil could eventually end up on the east coast! I don't see how that could happen but hopefully I'm wrong or I misunderstood.