Our heritage, benefits, and personal identity have long been wrapped up in a system that identifies us as enrolled members of a body of people. In an ironic twist of fate, we are identified as Cherokee due to our connection to a federal roll established in 1924.

God never said to just sit around nor even just attend a church.  I read things like “Go ye therefore into all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.”  We can almost hear a person say, “Well, that’s good, I’ll just lay out until next Sunday then.”  No, that’s not how it works, either.  Let me give you a benchmark.  Having started, I need to finish this. 

As a person of the male gender, I am probably not the best judge of how to treat women. I think the people who are the best equipped to give instruction on a subject are the ones who live it. But I also believe that there are some basic guidelines of living that allow guys to know how to treat people.