Defeated

Well, my guy didn't win. Am I disappointed? Sure. Am I concerned about the future of our country? Definitely.

Am I still proud to be an American? Absolutely.

Although having Barack Obama as our next president scares the bejebbers out of me, last night when I finally clicked off the TV and rolled over to go to sleep, I thought about a few things.

No matter WHO is president...

> My pillow still feels the same.
> My husband still snores and twitches in his sleep.
> My children are still precious.
> My God still reigns.
> My price has been paid.
> My job is to pray.

Did I agree with everything George W. Bush did as president? Crap no! However, I made the choice to disagree with him in the most respectful way I could.

With Obama as our new president, I KNOW that I will not agree with all of his policies. However, I will do my best to be respectful in my disagreements. Nothing irrateted me more than when people said that George Bush was an idiot.

Really? An idiot? Hummm...that doesn't say a lot about the citizens of our country if you truly believe we elected an idiot.

Because I believe America is the best nation on the planet, I will CHOOSE to respect our new leader. Afterall, we elected him. I cast my vote, and it fell within the minority.

From this point forward, my job (among other things) is to pray for our country. My job is to pray for our new president, his wife and his family. My job is to continue to raise our children to love, fear and hope in the Lord.

Although I fear many things with Obama as our next president, my hope does not lie in politics. My hope lies in the One who paid my price, who endures all things and who knows all the days of this earth.

May He have mercy on our country.

Go VOTE!! (UPDATED)

Despite the fact that many Americans cannot agree who would be the best president for our country, the truth remains that we are incredibly blessed to live in a country where we have the opportunity to have our voices heard.

So today, instead of blogging, or having an extended lunch, instead of working late or anything else that might keep you from your polling place today...

stop what you are doing and GO VOTE.

And while you're doing so, praise God that we have been given this privilege, I know I will be.

UPDATE:

Got this in an email today. Hilarious!

Pray then VOTE...(UPDATED)

Nothing, absolutely nothing about this election can make my heart pound harder in my chest than this. Nothing...



----UPDATED----

And, can I just say (of course I can, it's my blog) that I used to be of the mindset that abortions should be illegal unless it is of great risk to the mother or unless the mother was raped. My thinking has changed.

As for great risk to the mother, click here to read an amazing story. As far as rape is concerned...why do we think that God is not in control when horrible things happen? We MUST place our faith in Him in the good and the bad. Who are we to decide if a baby, conceived out of rape, is allowed to live a life that God created? If such is the case, then Psalm 139:13-16 is a lie:

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
(emphasis added)

Do those words suggest that because of a horrible crime, a baby's life was not ordained?