A sad day for America...
Nov. 5th, 2008 01:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
olde_fashionedWhile it seems the majority of the country is rejoicing our new president-elect, I cannot help but be saddened at the direction this country is taking. I am saddened that we have just elected an untried and inexperienced man and given him the reins of this country. I am saddened that we as a nation have allowed the politicians and the liberal media to effectively pull the wool over our eyes and project another flawed human being as a god-like figure. I am saddened that we have just elected a president who will sign into law the Freedom of Choice Act which will effectively sign the death warrants of an untold multitude of unborn children. I'm saddened that we have sent the most radical, the most liberal, and potentially the most anti-American person we've ever had run for president to the highest office in the land to take power in January. I am saddened that our politics have degraded and deteriorated to the point that I couldn't even find a decent Biblically-qualified Republican candidate to vote for without compromising half my values.
And most of all? I am saddened that most people are rejoicing at all of this.
Part of me feels like crying. :-(
Pray, people. Even if you don't live here, pray for America, pray for not only our country, but all those around the world that will be affected by our policies and our actions, pray that our enemies aren't tempted to test a new and inexperienced president, pray that none of our rights (especially our first and second ammendment rights) aren't trampled on or even eliminated, and pray that whatever wheels Obama sets into motion that they won't permanantly damage this country or the world. God is still in control no matter if the Democrats or the Republicans are in office, and He can still use people, even the likes of Obama.
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
~ Proverbs 3:5
What man intends for evil God often turns around and uses for good, so let's pray that this is another example. I don't understand why God let this happen, but He knows much better than me or anyone else, and if He can create all of the universe and everything in it, I think He can be trusted with an election.
The whole campaign everyone talked about Obama being an "inspiration" and about his bringing "new hope" to America in trouble times. Well guess what? Obama is only a man, a flawed, finite, tiny human being, and that's nothing, absolutely nothing compared to what God is. I don't trust polticians, I trust God. I don't put my hope in Obama, I put my hope in God.
"...put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore."
~ Psalm 131:2-3
Obama promises hope and change, but God doesn't change. Politicians come and go, "but the word of our God stands forever." (Isaiah 40:8b)
So take that, Obama!
And most of all? I am saddened that most people are rejoicing at all of this.
Part of me feels like crying. :-(
Pray, people. Even if you don't live here, pray for America, pray for not only our country, but all those around the world that will be affected by our policies and our actions, pray that our enemies aren't tempted to test a new and inexperienced president, pray that none of our rights (especially our first and second ammendment rights) aren't trampled on or even eliminated, and pray that whatever wheels Obama sets into motion that they won't permanantly damage this country or the world. God is still in control no matter if the Democrats or the Republicans are in office, and He can still use people, even the likes of Obama.
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
What man intends for evil God often turns around and uses for good, so let's pray that this is another example. I don't understand why God let this happen, but He knows much better than me or anyone else, and if He can create all of the universe and everything in it, I think He can be trusted with an election.
The whole campaign everyone talked about Obama being an "inspiration" and about his bringing "new hope" to America in trouble times. Well guess what? Obama is only a man, a flawed, finite, tiny human being, and that's nothing, absolutely nothing compared to what God is. I don't trust polticians, I trust God. I don't put my hope in Obama, I put my hope in God.
"...put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore."
Obama promises hope and change, but God doesn't change. Politicians come and go, "but the word of our God stands forever." (Isaiah 40:8b)
So take that, Obama!
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Date: 2008-11-05 06:06 pm (UTC)However, I think it is important in America - both candidates emphasized this last night and I thought that was important - that we need to lay aside hatred and try to come together, conservatives and liberals alike and do what we can to help heal the rifts in this country. I mean, even if you aren't happy about Obama's election, can't you admit that this says something about our country and our democracy? That there is hope for equality in this country? Isn't that part of the American dream too? Not discrimination and hate, but a chance for all to let their voices be heard.
The majority of America has spoken and America has been fed up with how things have gone for the last eight years and are hungry for change. And isn't it a good thing that in this country we can make our own choices? Isn't that what freedom's about? America exercised that freedom tonight and even if you aren't pleased with the outcome, isn't it a mark of how strong our country is that we could use that freedom?