A Republic, If We Can Keep It

As a Christian, I am most certainly against states allowing homosexuals to attain marriage certification. However, I am growing weary of reading Christian conservatives look to polls and votes to make their case against homosexual marriage. What a lame argument!

Our country is a republic, NOT a democracy. It doesn't matter what the majority of Americans are "into" at the moment. We look to the Bible for our Consitutional foundations. The Constitution is our rule of law, not voters.

Okay, so 30 states have voted against marriage rights for Sodomites (what they should rightly be called). What happens when voters watch enough Oprah and vote to allow it? Believe me, public opinion is fickle and would head this country in a dangerous direction. When you divorce God from our legal system and allow people the power to make decisions that was given to representatives in the Constitution, trouble will multiply.

Our Passing Nation

I don't post often anymore, but I think it is safe to say I'm spending time on higher priorities, such as child-rearing and reading through the Bible in a year again. It is such a blessing to do this and I encourage everyone to read their Bible daily. If I can find the time to read the Bible each day while tending to 4 littles ones 5 and under, who couldn't?

Recently, I read a passage in Job concerning the sovereignty of God. I found the passage comforting in light of my weariness over the state of our nation. The Bible is pretty clear: if a nation abandons God, He will abandon them, leading to their annhilation.

Read what Job says: "[God] makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away. He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste. They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man." (Job 12: 23-25, ESV).

Our Congressmen and President have certainly been spending like drunkards on a gambling boat, but this verse is saying that even they are being used by the Lord; He has taken away their understanding and they are merely groping in the dark to find their way. Come on--can anyone really believe that spending trillions of dollars (TRILLIONS, mind you) of borrowed money in the middle of a recession will somehow help an economy? These are so-called leaders, passing legislation that even a kindergardner would find illogical and laughable.

God makes nations great and God destroys them too (v. 23).

No, I don't want America to land in the ashheaps of history as yet another short-lived experiment in democracy (remember those perverted Greeks?). Yet I find it nonetheless comforting to know that our nation's wickedness is not a sign that God is absent or snoozing on the job. Rather, He is patiently waiting, not wanting any to perish (2 Pet. 3:9). He is tolerating much, yet He knows the number of hairs on each citizen's head.

"Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming." (Matt. 24: 42)

Too Much Stuff

Today I just want to comment on how frustrating it is that Americans have so much stuff. I'm guilty just like everyone else. With little children, the enormity of the problem grows. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could go back to the days of simplicity, where a child had a few toys to treasure and no more? The sheer abundance of little pieces, corporately marketed characters, "learning" toys, etc, etc, makes a child less likely to appreciate the finer things in life.

So one of my tasks in the new year will be to routinely usher out the doo-dads that are not adding to the enjoyment or growth of my children (most certainly including the ones that I trip on!).

Maybe with the economy on the decline, fewer people will be buying cheap toys from China. That would definitely be a good thing!

My only complaint is who to give this stuff to? I know of no truly needy people. I reluctantly donate to places like Goodwill knowing that many of the shoppers are affluent ebayers hoping to make a profit off of their rummaging. I wish I could ship some of our toys to truly needy children overseas.

More Reason Not to be Swayed By Environmentalists

The Earth's not Warming!!!

Pennies of Children

This display should stop even the most arrogant leftist mid-sentence during a "woman's right" rant. Just think how many of those aborted children would have their own children if given the right to life.

U.S. Officials Flunk Civics Test

This doesn't surprise me, but it sure makes me wonder what the future holds for our country.

Election Woes

There I times I want to get dismayed about the coming election, fearing the inevitable crash of our private health care with the onset of a Obama presidency, among other evils. Yet, I have to remember the temporal nature of our earthly kingdom and also that magistrates are instituted by God (Romans 13). Worry, Jesus tells us, will not add one second to our lives. Yet, I know the evil within mankind's hearts needs only materialism, selfishness and pride to ignite a Nero or Hitler wildfire. Nero burned whole Christian families to light the streets of Rome. Hitler, we know, murdered at least 6 million people (Jews, Christians, handicapped, elderly, etc.) Kim Jong Il is torturing and starving his own countrymen now, while he demands they worship him. Then there's the Mayan/Aztec cultures, the murder of Armenian Christians, the slaughter of the Congolese, Pol Pot's regime, Sudan, etc. Evil is alive and well and when a public ushers in a new leader under the wrong reasons, bad times will quickly come upon us. The fervor with which people worship Obama willingly frightens me. People are choosing to support a man who wants to take away rights from people. He defends murdering unborn babies in the name of "women's health". This is an evil man with evil intentions.

McCain is not much better and I will admit I am disappointed in his V.P. pick. Where do you find family values in a woman leaving her duty as the family caretaker for a career (Titus 2:5)? He disappoints me on other points as well. There is no perfect candidate, but conservatives could have picked someone more qualified. Is it wrong for me to say, "At least he's pro-life"?

So while it's not time to weep, wail and mourn, it is time to pray. Pray that God would prevent our nation from crumbling into an evil empire. Thank him for the blessings and vision our founding fathers bestowed on us generations ago when they fought to create this unique nation. I don't want to see my children lighting the streets of Ellettsville. It might not happen overnight, but never underestimate evil. When we stop thinking about evil, we become complacent; blind, even, and that's the perfect recipe for a coming Holocaust.