SOLUTION TO DRUG PROBLEM NEAR WITH GOD

Editor:

Recently I attended two meetings at the new St. Mary's school. One
meeting was a presentation by the Taber Police Service on drug use in
our community, especially among our young people.

Both Insp. Abela and Const. Kehler did an outstanding and professional
presentation on the current status of drug use in the Taber community.

Many youths and adults need help to free them from the bondages of
substance abuse. The Taber Police Service and RCMP are working hard to
stop the "supply" side of the equation, but it takes a whole community
to address the "demand" side.

The other meeting I attended at St. Mary's was put on by the New Life
Church on an initiative they are doing to inform people what a Purpose
Driven Life is based on the No. 1 best seller by Rick Warren.

If all those young people and adults caught up in drug use would
understand what a Purpose Driven Life was all about, the "demand" side
would be solved and the "supply" side would disappear, resulting as
Const. Kehler put it, layoffs at the Taber Police Service due to lack
of work!

As I sat through both meetings I could not help but notice the
crucifix inside the beautiful new chapel at St. Mary's school. We
could all be truly free from everything, including drugs, by accepting
the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

For $100 you can get high on crack cocaine for an hour. You can get
high on Jesus for eternity and the cost is free, it has been paid in
full 2,000 years ago.

You do not need to and are unable to do anything to earn this freedom
from fear and guilt. You simply accept this free gift and respond with
thankfulness; only then will we be able to completely eradicate the
drug problem in our community and find purpose in our lives.

Simon Bekkering

Taber