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THE ONLY HOPE (Sarah Palin on the Newtown, Connecticut shootings)
Facebook ^ | 12-17-2012 | Sarah Palin

Posted on 12/17/2012 2:33:24 AM PST by Bratch

Unspeakable evil slammed America in the beautiful little town of Newtown, Connecticut, just days ago. No words can express the collective shock and sorrow shared by Americans who know the murder of innocent children is the most horrendous crime imaginable. The Connecticut state motto, “Qui transtulit sustinet,” promises that only God can sustain us. Though still insufficient and unfulfilling for the grieving families of these beautiful babies in the Lord's arms now, perhaps those words are all the inconsolable loved ones can hold on to at this time. May God show His sustaining love to them right now. Please Lord.

It may seem, especially after Friday, the world is spinning fast and furious and out of control. Many political, economic, and societal problems attempt to weigh down our spirit so heavily that some despondently give up after being deceptively led to believe there is no real hope for anything getting better. And despite 24-hour news cycles with constant information flooding our eyes and ears with much white noise, TV's talking heads really have nothing meaningful to offer.

So the world spins furiously, but there is a reason its literal and figurative centrifugal force tightly holds us here together for such a time as this. Until God loosens the tie that binds us to this temporal earth, we are in it together, and we are expected to do our part to make it better. So, now is the time to speak truth, however politically incorrect some may deem it, and focus on what really matters so our nation's spirit can be lifted as we unite in the cause for a better world built on real hope. First, all truly is hopeless if your faith and hope are put in any politician or media elite. That is because the average person is more truthful and responsible than the average politician or media elite.

Those who let themselves be terribly disappointed in political leaders as they ignore real problems, aided along with a complicit media bombarding us with irrelevant distractions in order to avoid facing the reality of a fallen culture, should know those distractions are to hide from a finger pointing to the main contributors to much of our problem. To stop distracting would result in acknowledging the political and media machine's starring roles in our failing society. So, as they too often tear down those who try to do good, while elevating and celebrating corrupt selfishness, they dumbly assume we don't know it is they who significantly contribute to our upside down world today. We've learned our lesson. Don't put your hope in Hollywood or Washington. Instead, build resolve and seek truth more aggressively than ever at such a time as this.

I only know one source of truth and real hope. I call out to this hope with only childlike faith because I am so overwhelmed by the miraculous answers to my prayers that the comforting, secure hope I cling to is too inexplicable for a simpleminded person like me. Plus, because I am not a perfect Christian – and have never met one – I dare not judge others’ “Christian quotient,” and inarticulately explaining my faith is too often interpreted wrongly, hence, my thankfulness in being allowed via the Good Book to have a childlike faith that's good enough for God. Further, I do not wish to force my beliefs down anyone's throat – and simple faith does not do that. Though I'll share my faith unapologetically, I beg fellow faith-filled fallible human beings to quit pretending anyone's effective in forcing others to see the light; please also quit pretending you are holier than thou. You are not. I am not. We're merely fortunate enough to have been knocked to our knees at some point in life and grabbed hold of the opportunity to accept undeserved grace and forgiveness that allows a rebirth and its accompanying peace that passeth all understanding. I cling to it not because I am bitter, but because there is nothing better.

May this Christmas season give you a glimpse of the faith to which millions cling to, and are willing to live and die to self for. As you watch this video, even if you've never prayed before, you can ask God for revelation to what occurred 2000 years ago, what it means for today, and why we celebrate the babe born in that Bethlehem manger over 2000 years ago. And I offer this not because I have all the answers, but because many ask me from where does my hope come? How do I hang on? What do I cling to? Here is a glimpse of the foundation of my faith. May you be shown through this short clip and song that the unanswered questions, the horrible suffering, and the sacrifice of One birthed opportunity for new life and real HOPE for all of us today.

Friends, please watch this, and please don't lose hope. We mustn't lose hope! Look up! And put your time and effort in working so hard for your family and loved ones around you. Don't wait for a fallen world's politicians and pundits to do it for you. You can have within yourself the ability and opportunity to help make America strong again, and her people joyful again.

- Sarah Palin


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: christmas; faith; guncontrol; newton; secondamendment
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CeeLo Green - Mary Did You Know (Official Audio)
1 posted on 12/17/2012 2:33:39 AM PST by Bratch
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To: Bratch

yyy


2 posted on 12/17/2012 2:43:40 AM PST by Coldwater Creek (He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadows of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
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To: Bratch

We hear again from a real Christian patriot!

... and I have a new tagline...


3 posted on 12/17/2012 2:44:55 AM PST by WVKayaker ("the sacrifice of One birthed opportunity for new life and real HOPE for all"-Sarah Palin 12/17/12)
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To: Bratch

Thank You for posting this. I have prayed privately. For the board, Sarah has my full agreement ... there are no words, though Sarah’s words were a ray of light out of this darkness. May God Have Mercy.


4 posted on 12/17/2012 2:46:42 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: Bratch

Yesterday afternoon, and I will in my parish church choir will do this special song, that song brought tears to my eyes. That song reminds me that the Blessed Virgin Mary’s son Jesus came into this world to do what NEEDED to be done to save humanity from both the ENEMY and from SIN.


5 posted on 12/17/2012 3:09:49 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Bratch
Faith and Action are required. Faith that this problem can be resolved and action to make it so. Both are sadly missing in Washington.

And what action needs to be taken now? Simply this: Put guards in every school, with metal detectors at the school doors. Incarceration and Mental Examination for everyone who suggests attacking a school. And the Death Penalty for everyone, and everyone connected to those who attack a school or school children.

Wake up Americans, the Politicians want to disarm YOU and leave the Children Unprotected!

6 posted on 12/17/2012 3:14:37 AM PST by sr4402
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To: Bratch; RaceBannon; stowaway; jjm2111; Mrs.LoneGOPinCT; underbyte; badbackman; Bigfitz; mcswan; ...

I have heard from a friend that Obama will try to limit our 2nd Ammendment rights by executive order

I trust my source, he is not alarmist in his warnings


7 posted on 12/17/2012 3:19:56 AM PST by RaceBannon (When Chuck Norris goes to bed, he checks under it for Clint Eastwood!)
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To: Bratch
Oh, if we only had someone like her in the White House - instead of the vermin that infest the place now.

A Christian woman of humility, wisdom, and love vs. Bath House Barry and the Laughing Alcoholic.

8 posted on 12/17/2012 3:28:21 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: RaceBannon

Would not surprise me.

The big question would be, would it survive a court battle?


9 posted on 12/17/2012 3:42:57 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Bratch

Sarah Palin spoke words of wisdom.


10 posted on 12/17/2012 3:44:23 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Bratch

The sad reality is that, this nation and the rest of the world is in a big spiritual war between Heaven and Hell, with our souls as the prize.


11 posted on 12/17/2012 3:45:57 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: RaceBannon

Look for people who have guns to “hide them.”


12 posted on 12/17/2012 3:47:07 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Biggirl

What guns?


13 posted on 12/17/2012 3:58:40 AM PST by TonyM
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To: RaceBannon
I have heard from a friend that Obama will try to limit our 2nd Ammendment [sic] rights by executive order

I trust my source, he is not alarmist in his warnings

Does your "trusted source" have an inside line to the White House, or is he simply relying upon the same news media feeds to which we all have access?

I mean: We Conservatives are all convinced that Obama has little regard for the Constitution, but I do not understand your referencing your "friend" as though he were an inside source, and we should therefore pay special heed to a second-hand "warning."

Regards,

14 posted on 12/17/2012 4:07:17 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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15 posted on 12/17/2012 4:08:01 AM PST by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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To: TonyM

Their guns.


16 posted on 12/17/2012 4:17:54 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: TonyM

The law obeying Americans that is.


17 posted on 12/17/2012 4:19:23 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Bratch
As much as I love God, I don't think it is right for us to believe that He has to take care of everything. People that aren't ‘right’ often as not aren't God's doing. Many times as not, it is some perfectly simple explanation.

I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s when EVERY house in the neighborhood had a gun(s). Virtually every kid went hunting or shooting. When virtually every kid knew where the guns were, and one or more was always loaded.

We also had a ‘disturbed’ kid in our neighborhood (back in those days the term retarded was still used.) He had nothing to do with God's actions. His mother didn't think she was in labor, waited too long to go to the hospital, when she got there told them she wasn't in labor, and he was born after a period of oxygen starvation.

He wasn't a sin, he wasn't God's punishment, he was just a poor little soul that wasn't right and wouldn't ever be right. And when he got to be a teenager and too big for his parents to handle, he went to live someplace where he couldn't hurt himself or anyone else.

And yes, it was a very religious time. Everybody in that neighborhood belong to some religion (there were two churches within walking distance of my house.) People believed in God and prayed to God. But they also realized that some of life was our business, and we had to take care of our business.

18 posted on 12/17/2012 4:24:25 AM PST by I cannot think of a name
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To: RaceBannon

Those election maps....with all those red, rural counties....is why the DEMS in DC have suddenly started hyperventilating about gun control.....as they begin to recognize the implications for pay back of their voter fraud in November.


19 posted on 12/17/2012 4:26:58 AM PST by mo (If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: Bratch

Thanks for posting - such a powerful truth!


20 posted on 12/17/2012 4:45:00 AM PST by MrTed ("...at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow...", when one 1st does it makes an eternal difference!)
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