Dear Editor,
First let me wish every person in St. Maarten a happy and most joyous new year 2018. With all the events that is taking place on St. Maarten most people is missing the big picture.
People believe that without a good functioning government St. Maarten cannot succeed. We do need a good government, but that is not possible if those in power have the wrong values.
I see reality so much different, the reason why we are in this situation besides the challenges Hurricane Irma have brought us is that we trusted and put our confidence in politician who for most part deceive us.
Every person or individual that make decision and choices pleasing or obedient to Christ is less in need of government. Presently in St. Maarten we have many broken homes where the family how God intended it to be is not functioning.
If a man is married and living with one woman and vice versa their responsibility is to their children. What does government have to do with that? Our life style of not living God values is what brings poverty in St. Maarten, Hurricane Irma only makes the reality more clearer.
If people was not stealing and looting and destroying other people’s property we could have been far ahead without the relief of the Netherlands.
Divorce brings poverty. it also brings suffering to children. Which leads to children looking for leadership and love in the streets. Divorce also harvest pedophilia where many step-parents molest young boys and girls. Many instances the parent that is dependent on the other partner for help will deny it because the fear of losing the payments in kind (prostitution) monthly money.
Life styles do matter when people is in hard times and especially if they never had a good upbringing and knows what is love or were never even taught about God they become the easiest target to be use and mislead.
You can give a person 550 million euros but if he or she does not knows what to spend it on and the value of money he or she will become poor again. The love for pleasure is always expensive, because it takes money to support it. But where true love is there is not much need for money because the commitment and the individual responsibility and choice to be obedience to Jesus Christ first and to your partner saves you money and brings joy which is much better than pleasure for a time.
Imagine if most families in St. Maarten were married and living as God say, the burden of Government will be a tiny fraction of what they have to spend presently helping people. The money being spent on young people in prison from broken homes the money being spent on Court of Guardianship, the more people that is not productive in a society is what breaks a country.
The conclusion is we should teach people and children to live a correct life style and make choices to foster success. Giving people money who does not know how to use it and value it and be responsible with money is setting them up for a greater downfall.
Choices have consequences. If you choose Jesus Christ values you choose life with prosperity. Any other choice is just destruction waiting to happen.
Individual responsibility is the key to success.
The Patriot Miguel Arrindell
