Politics

I planned to write sooner, but got a nasty cold.  It was just enough to make me whiny and miserable, but otherwise not so bad.  I can't remember the last time I was sick and could just go to bed.  It's pretty amazing what rest and lots of fluids will do for a cold. I was feeling much better. 

Until I woke up this morning to the election results.  My headache came right back. 

I kept my mouth shut on facebook, but this is my blog, so I figure I can complain a little here.  I have no desire to be hateful, but that doesn't mean that I don't have a voice and a right to use it. I'm not sure when an opinion different from our own became "hate speech".

I started the day ranting about our divided country simply needing to divide right down the middle.  Why should we have to fight with each other?  I shouldn't have to support what's against what I believe about government and family, and neither should you.  Let's just be friendly neighbors.  lol.  I've settled down a bit :)

Obviously, I am not and Obama supporter, but it's not just him that I don't like.  Honestly, it doesn't matter who the president is, when the minds and hearts of the people are willing to support what they apparently are.  I still believe that morality can't be legalized, because it will always be a matter of the heart between an individual and God.  However, that relationship should be evident in the choices we make in daily life, including politics.

A scenario doesn't exist that would cause me to get behind an administration that supports abortion, when everyday I read about the genocide of special needs children.  Let me just say, it is statistically impossible to Christian families not to be a part of this problem.  80% of babies pre-birth diagnosed with Down Syndrome are aborted in this country...with government backing.  I can't stand knowing our tax money pays for that.  There are many other issues, but none as close to my heart as that one.  Every child is fearfully and wonderfully made.  I can't imagine having never known Abby.  All that she taught me about life would be lost.  Everything that God had for me to be through her and with her would be gone.
 
We, as a people, are on a slippery slope.  Our country jumped on it willingly, and I believe God will not continue to stand with us as we mock His law with each election. 

That being said, this is how I voted (I took this from a friend on Facebook, but agree completely).

How did I vote?

1. I voted for the most pro-life candidate, because God hates the shedding of innocent blood (Prov.6:17).
2. I voted for the most pro-Israel candidate, because God blesses those who bless Israel & curses those who don't (Gen.12:3).
3. I voted for the most pro-marriage candidate, because God is for marriage as defined in Genesis 2:24.
4. I voted for the candidate who most closely believes in religious freedom. God has given the government certain duties, but enforcing a particular system of worship is not among them (Romans 13).
5. I voted for the candidate who most closely believes government's purpose is to reward the good & punish the evil (Romans 13).
6. I voted for the most pro-debt reduction candidate, because the borrower is servant to the lender (Prov.22:7).
7. I voted for the most pro-work candidate because God says if a man does not work, let him not eat (2Thess.3:10).

Finally, I voted based as close as I could on God's Word (2Tim.3:16). Knowing that whoever gets elected, God is the one who puts all men in authority (Dan.2:21).

We must just continue to pray for our country.  Having read Jeremiah recently, I know that God grieves as His people turn their back on His law. 

The Lord said, “It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law.  Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.”  Jeremiah 19:13-14 (niv)