Yeah...I admit, I'd love it if she changed her mind. However, I have reconciled to the fact that God has told her...for whatever reason...NOT to run.
Why do I think God told her not to run?
I am beginning to believe, more and more, that God is about to judge this country. When He does, it will not be pretty. Whoever is running the country at the time will have it VERY bad. It may very well be that He knows Sarah follows Him, and in His mercy He doesn't want her to be the one to feel His wrath.
I also am now almost convinced this will be our last national election. No one in the current lineup can beat Obama. Once he gets that second term, our country is destroyed. The only way...the ONLY WAY...this could be avoided is if a majority of people got down on their knees and repented of the apathy toward the evil that has infested this land. Massive national repentance and revival- that is the only thing that MAY cause God to stay His hand.
Although I believe in miracles, and that He is merciful and can do anything, I do not hold out much hope that this will happen.
No, we're convicted that she may already have done that. She admits she was very close to saying "Yes," but then her kids talked her out of it. We want her to make certain she's following the Lord's leading.
Prayerful following is not a precise science... it's never as cut and dried as actually "hearing God say" one thing or another, it's a form of becoming convicted over time of where you believe you're being led through much prayerful consideration.
The result is not perfect or infallible, because in the end it is fallible, imperfect people who are interpereting what they believe to be His leading. Mistakes can be, have been, and often are made. We firmly believe that if there is a chance that she made such an error here, she should have the chance as well as the encouragement to rectify it.
It's called keeping each other "accountable," and it is one of Jesus' commands for the whole church, one obligation every Christian has to another.