Posted on 09/27/2013 1:50:11 PM PDT by xzins
No, he’s not praying that Barack Obama will overturn Obamacare and no, he’s not praying that he will occupy the presidency one day. Instead, he’s alongside Rev. Rob Schenck (from Faith and Action) and Rev. Frazier White (a Democrat and Obama supporter) praying for Saeed Abedini, who has been in an Iranian prison for one year. He is being persecuted for his faith to Jesus Christ.
Who says Ted Cruz isn’t bipartisan?
I have not only interviewed Ted Cruz many times, but I have spent time with him and his family. He is true Bible-believing Christian who is not ashamed of the Gospel. Of course the liberals don’t want to hear that nonsense. They’ll now be busy trying to figure out how to distort this picture in Adobe Photoshop.
Below are the words of Rev. Rob Schenck, the man who organized the prayer.
“In the image you see me at the center with my prayer stole as we intercede in Jesus’ name for our brother in Christ and imprisoned pastor, Saeed Abedini, who has suffered in an Iranian prison for one year because of his faithful witness to Christ. Kneeling with me on my left (the significance of the placement should be noted) is the U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a tea party Republican from Texas. Sen. Cruz just made wall-to-wall headlines for his 20+ hour filibuster opposing Obamacare, the President’s signature legislative achievement.
On my right (again, note the orientation) is Rev. Frazier White, a Democrat community organizer from my neighborhood of Capitol Hill, and a huge supporter of President Obama. At the moment the photo was taken, though, the politically polar opposite positions of the Senator and the Pastor were irrelevant.
We were bowed before the Holy, the Supernal, the highest Lord in the universe, and the One and Only Eternal King. Everything else: party labels, policy positions, job descriptions, accents, zip codes, skin color, filibusters and organizing, were all utterly and completely dwarfed. In that moment of prayer–especially for a fellow Christian, a persecuted believer, whose circumstances are for most us unimaginable–our political and cultural squabbles seemed petty.
Pastor White, Sen. Cruz, Rev. Pat Mahoney, Jordan and Anna Sekulow, myself, and so many others, were there in front of the White House to do the really and truly important business of crying out to God for one of our own that was suffering for his faith.”
Well technically it looks like two different scenarios. Paul prayed, apparently, by himself. Still, looks should be way down on the list of concerns. Deep Christians are often going to do things that do not look normal — because normal has been circumscribed by complacency.
Ultimately. Will we let the Blood be thicker than the mud. If we will, all rifts will be healed. I’m seeing something evangelical happening in the Roman Catholic church with the way Pope Francis is putting emphasis on the role of Christ rather than on church dicta. I kidded that if this keeps up, Rome will be in the Southern Baptist Convention in a few years.
Even kneeling Ted is standing taller than Obama ever will.
I'm going to find the Lincoln one. I had never seen it before.
Such great men.........inspirational.
The photos are making me weepy. I feel assured. I feel happy & hopeful.
And, they grin at him bowing publicly to them.
Wonder how hard they laugh at him in private....
I have become too cynical in the last ten years to get excited over ANY politician.
And photos of one praying in front of them does little to get that excitement back.
That being said, I am looking forward to the GOP primary season. It is going to be a wild one.
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