A sad day for America...

[olde_fashioned]

While 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!

Comments

[gd2lstdrop.livejournal.com]

I think that if the woman and man didn't lie together, have carnal knowledge of each other, then this would be a moot point. Oh I know..perhaps if man laid with man and woman laid with woman, then there wouldn't be pregnancies? Of course we could repeal Roe v Wade, then the women/young girls who get pregnant can die from back room abortions because they can't face the stigma of being an unwed mother and won't carry the child to term. The only ones who suffer from this are women. Men don't suffer, it's not their bodies that carry the child. Would you want your daughter to have those choices?

[noctia.livejournal.com]

I just don't want women to die in the horrible conditions of illegal abortions and having paid (a lot!) for it. Abortions will always happen in the world and it's up to each individual to chose to be a responsible parent or not. This is common sense throughout most countries in Europe.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

It's a pity that you don't have the same sympathy for a helpless human being that you do for a woman contemplating infanticide.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I think that if the woman and man didn't lie together, have carnal knowledge of each other, then this would be a moot point.

Exactly.

Of course we could repeal Roe v Wade, then the women/young girls who get pregnant can die from back room abortions because they can't face the stigma of being an unwed mother and won't carry the child to term.

I think you're missing the point. No one is making these women have sex. If they choose to "take the risk" then they should take the consequences. If they are too cowardly or ashamed to take responsibility for their actions, and accept being an unwed mother, then they shouldn't have committed the sin in the first place.

Men don't suffer

You can't tell me that when a man has no say in whether or not his child is aborted that men don't suffer.

Would you want your daughter to have those choices?

I would want any daughters that I might someday be blessed enough to be given, to be virtuous enough to keep themselves pure until they are married. If, however, by some lapse of morality they chose to give themselves away and became pregnant in the process, I would hope she would not seek to run away from her sin by committing another sin and taking a helpless life.

[reconditarmonia.livejournal.com]

I can't remember the statistic, but a large percentage of, if not most, abortions are had by married women who already have children. Even families sometimes can't afford another child; it's not just teenage girls.

[amore-di-libri.livejournal.com]

Hi. I was wondering if you mind clarifying your opinion of abortion when the sex isn't voluntary?

I'm pretty sure that the majority of abortions don't serve women who conceived through rape, and I'm not sure if the Republican platform allows for abortion when the sex wasn't voluntary, but if you don't mind answering, what are your personal thoughts on that kind of situation?

Just to lay out my own thoughts, I do believe that abortions should be allowed. But I'm a total middle of the road kind of person so I believe that abortions should be allowed in cases where the woman was raped, where the baby is interfering with the woman's health in a life-threatening way, and that everyone should go through a mandatory counseling session. I also believe that there should be restrictions on abortion after the second trimester.

[amore-di-libri.livejournal.com]

Actually, now that I look at what I wrote out, it doesn't really seem middle of the road at all, so I'm just going to take that part back.

[gd2lstdrop.livejournal.com]

Of course woman wouldn't get pregnant if they remained chaste.

"I think that if the woman and man didn't lie together, have carnal knowledge of each other, then this would be a moot point"

I posted this in sarcasm. True, I don't believe that abortion should be used as "birth control". I believe that it should be available in cases where the mothers life is in danger,rape or incest.