With all that is going on in our nation right now, it is hard to go a day, or an hour for that matter without seeing, hearing, or thinking about our recent elections. To be honest, I am tired of hearing about our elections. I know that is sad to say. I am American to the core, but it seems like we've been hearing about November 4th for the last decade! Agh!
So, now that November 4th has come and gone I get the feeling that some people are a little let down by the whole commotion. Some are excited at our new president, some are very disappointed. Some are thrilled that "measures" passed and some are annoyed that they didn't. Not everyone is ever happy at the same time. haha
The big word for this year has been "Change." We definetly have a big change ahead of us. Obama is our newly elected president and I am sure he has a lot of changes that he is preparing for our nation. I am also sure that he is preparing for change himself. New home. New staff. New way of life.
Whether we agree with him or disagree with him, he will be our president. He deserves our support as our president. We should still pray for him and his family no matter what our "political" views may be. However, the last few days I have read, heard, and seen many people who do just the opposite. They are so mad at the fact that Obama will be president that they forget that he deserves our prayers just like anyone else. There is such distain for a man that none of us really "know". We've read about him. We've listened to TV and talk radio about him. We've even heard from the man himself. Either way, change is happening.
Next time you hear someone talk against Obama as president, next time you read an article that is critical towards him, or next time you get ready to say something that is against him, just remember that very over used statement from the 1990's "WWJD" What Would Jesus Do?
It is amazingly critical that we uphold our nation in prayer and concern. This is still the greatest nation in the world. This is still the free-est nation in the world. This is still God's country and luckly God is still God.
Thank you for posting this wonderful thought called "Amazingly Critical". I thoroughly enjoyed your refreshing words. I am so very tired of my brothers and sisters in the Lord and their angry and sometimes cruel comments about the man who will be our President come January 20th of next year.
Some Christians have even said to me that Sen. Obama has not come out strongly enough on the issue of Abortion therefore he cannot possibly be a Christian as he claims to be and so he cannot possibly serve the same Jesus. They continue that he is not their brother in the Lord so they are to treat him worse than an unbeliever. One of my relatives refused to pray for Godly protection over he and his family. They then reminded me that God allowed Hitler to get into office and this must be a similar situation.
I have been shocked and saddened by some of the things I have heard from my brothers and sisters in the Lord. It is as though they are throwing a chilish tantrum because their particular candidate did not win the election.
When I have shared some of my thoughts with different Christians they came right out and asked me if I was a Republican or Democrat and how I voted. I told them I voted behind a curtain and that my vote is precious as well as private to me. I was then told that if I ever voted for a Democrat that I voted in league with Satan. A Catholic Bishop on the east coast made a statement to the media that any Catholic or Christian who voted for Barak Obama should not partake in communion until they went to confession and or repented!!!
Any way thank you for your comments and for letting me comment. My heart has been hurting this past week and I don't like all the fighting that has been going on in the church over these issues. Church has always been a refuge for me and my family... I miss that.
Posted by: mary vargas | November 14, 2008 at 10:33 PM