Brush Prairie resident Bob Mattila encourages others to ‘read the Bible and live by its teachings’
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With our formerly God-blessed country, our biggest problem is: we are more ungodly all the time. If we would read the Bible, God’s Word, and live by its teachings, God will bless our lives; we will be more happy and content. John the Baptist, who was sent by God to lead the way for Jesus to begin His preaching ministry, was preaching to the public as recorded in Luke 3:14. “The soldiers also asked him saying, ‘What shall we do?’ He said to them, ‘Do violence to no man, do not accuse anyone falsely, AND BE CONTENT WITH YOUR WAGES.’ ” This world would be so much better if we all lived according to God’s Word. When Jesus was asked by someone how he should live, Jesus said, “Love God with all your heart, mind, etc; and love your neighbor as yourself.” If we all did that, there would be no strikes.
I was so happy when I was working as a union electrician out of IBEW Local 48 in Portland, Oregon, that we had a “No Strike, With Binding Arbitration,” clause in our ongoing contract, so we didn’t have to worry about a strike. In the early 1980’s, construction work was slow, so we voted to reduce our wages 10% so we could have more work. Our wage at that time was about $20.00 per hour. I went down to California three times to work.
Bob Mattila
Brush Prairie
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