Working through the sludge....

Since the Princess has no clue that she had surgery 2 days ago and is running around having the time of her life, I decided I would find the time to go through all of the blogs I follow and catch up. I'm still not done!

As I have been reading blog after blog, I am amazed and in awe at your spirits. I mentioned before that I felt defeated and am still pretty sad about the whole outcome of the election. But almost every blog I went to, God was there! He was there in your thoughts. He was there in your images. He was there in your words, speaking from your hearts. His purpose for these elections will be revealed and he WILL be glorified! There's no doubt in my mind!

A dear friend sent me an email which really got me to think. She said, "McCain did not lose. He won!" My first thought was, "Ummm, what's she been drinking?" But, then I pondered about her words that followed and she was so right. God used McCain in a big way to bring to light the issues of life and morality in our nation. Many of us, myself included, have become complacent with the fact that this is where our society has brought us. Sometimes it could be very difficult staying on that 'narrow path' and not following the sheep. The 'easy' road is always so tempting.

Before I go on, I want to stop and make something clear, since one of my readers that disagrees with my beliefs said I would be too "close minded" to listen to his explanation. My battle wasn't to get McCain into office and it wasn't to prevent Obama from getting into office. The whole thing was not about the candidates, it was about God. It was about following His word and what He desires from us. The God that I know, the God who's word is alive, would never think it's OK for his children to be murdered. "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them." - Deut 30:19-20

Had Obama been pro-life and McCain not, my other worries about him would have had to take a back burner, because LIFE comes before any other issue. I would have been Obama's biggest cheerleader had the scenario been reversed!

Apparently, the nation believes the economy comes first. I obviously disagree. I believe that when you stand up for the truth and your actions come from a loving God, that same God will take care of you. His word is very clear on this. "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?" - Matthew 6:25 I stand FIRM on that belief! And trust me, for those of you wondering, this is not coming from a woman who has to worry about being in that $250,000 (or 200k or 150k or 120k) income bracket who will have their taxes raised, so we do worry about finances. We are a one income family with 4 kids, two of which are special needs.

My point is that we did not lose. God won. God always wins. In prayer I am seeing more and more how he has revealed Himself through all of this. Just as He did during 9/11. Just as He has throughout history. He never leaves us. He is there. Even during our darkest moments when we feel so alone or lost or defeated. He is there. He is always there.

My prayer is that Obama's heart be molded and changed towards abortion. That as God has allowed him to be the leader of this country, that He use him in a mighty way. That He create in him a Godly-man filled with His Holy Spirit, with the wisdom that He once gave Solomon. ("Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore. - 1 Kings 4:29) May Obama use that wisdom to bring morality, peace and prosperity to our hurting country. May his eyes be opened to the fact that God created man and woman ("God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.- Genesis 1:27) to be united as one. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). May he see that every child that God brings to the world, regardless of how they were conceived, was wonderfully created by Him, our Redeemer. That He is present in the forming of every single human life. (For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. - Psalm 139:13)

I will continue to pray for our new President, for his family and for our country. I thank God in a big way for using John McCain and Sarah Palin to bring these issues to light. I thank God for using them to get America back on their knees with their eyes focused on Him. The place where we should always be. God does sit on His throne and will always be God, as it was in the beginning, is now and forever shall be.

I also wanted to say thank you to the few people who have very graciously disagreed with me. I appreciate your respect and in turn respect your opinions.

God bless you all and may America bless God!