Posted on 11/10/2013 4:20:44 AM PST by Kaslin
What a stark contrast I beheld this week between our Lyin’ King President, Barack Obama, and our American treasure, the Reverend Billy Graham.
Watching the ninety-five-year-old Graham’s final message to America via the Fox News Channel last Thursday night hammered me in three particular ways.
First off, as a self-professed hard-ass, I must admit that I was choked up by the testimonies of transformed lives of the black gent and the suicidal female twenty-something. Matter of fact, and I hate to admit this, I even started to tear up a bit and I haven’t teared up since my dad and my dog passed.
As an increasingly jaded little monkey that I’m becoming living in the Obamaland of lies and lawyer tricks, I was struck in my soul, once again, with the ever present reality of the power of God that’s afforded to folks who take responsibility for their jacked-up lives and repent and believe.
Yep, without a shrink, minus meds and without a day in rehab (imagine that) those who watched the Graham special got to see and hear, in living color, the raw power of God afforded to two contrite people who put their hope in God. It was simple and beautiful. Remember simplicity and beauty? I know … it’s tough to harken back that far, eh?
The second thing that smacked me upside my head and left me enamored was watching Reverend Graham pull off ninety-five years on this pebble with nary a scandal. Indeed, not a live man or dead woman were ever found in his bed. Billy belted out a life of character and integrity, a character and integrity that was pretty much a given to his generation. But to ours? Eh, not so much. His example of meaning what you say and saying what you mean made me want to do the time warp again because I’m really getting sick of the mountains of stercore tauri that we have to field nowadays.
Thirdly, I was also struck that Graham’s message over the last sixty-plus-years hasn’t deviated one angstrom. He hasn’t altered the gospel’s dispatch of calling sin, sin. He hasn’t dumbed it down so that he can get Oprah’s accolades. He’s still wielding the double-edged sword of law and grace, a message that hurts and heals in one fell swoop to them that have ears to hear. Yes, it was a blessing to see that Graham hasn’t changed the message to kiss the therapeutic backside of our narcissistic, politically correct culture. Score 1000 points for Graham.
As you can tell, the Billy Graham special was like a cold class of lemonade on a hot summer’s eve to this redneck. It was especially refreshing because I had just watched Megyn Kelly rip and strip Obama and his lackeys lie and trip over their tongues trying to explain away the whopper they sold America on multiple occasions, namely, "If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."
What a shameful disgrace Obama is to humanity, true leadership and to this great country.
Finally, I’d like to address this to God on behalf of those who love God and country; that is if he’s still listening to us. Here it goes: God, if you still like us and you haven’t already thoroughly written this nation off -- for which I wouldn't blame you at all -- that said, would you please give us more leaders like Billy Graham and no mas like Barack Obama? In Jesus’ name … Amen.
Guess who uses Gods name in vain
Amen.
Well spoken. I have to admit that the suicidal mother / singer’s story hit me hard between my sternum. Anyone listening to that story that has a brain has to see that there is a God, particularly when the pastor said there is a suicidal spirit in this room and then stopped her at the door and asked her if he could pray for her then led her to God when she was planning on killing herself the next day. We have a saying at our church. There are no coincidences only God’s hands in the affairs of men placing the pieces of fhe puzzle where they need to be. I pray that the wicked’s eyes and hearts in power are opened and that they are made anew so that they understand what they are doing to this great country is wrong.
Amen.
I sang with Billy Graham’s Choir back in the early 80’s in Boston. I entered the relevant information into my search engine and there it was...the Video of the Entire 1982 Boston Crusade, Harvard university, BU’s Nickerson Field, Cliff Barrows, George Beverly Shea, Evie, and huge altar calls every night. Rev. Graham’s message is still true and relevant, and he hasn’t changed. I watched the whole thing with tears in my eyes.
Higher ideal vs. demonic deceiver
The two names shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath.
Odumbo isn’t qualified to lick the bottom of Grahams shoes.
I respectfully disagree.Obama is fit to lick ANYONE’s boots.
But that’s just my opinion.
I believe God quickened the pace of the collapse of the iron curtain so President Reagan could enjoy it before Alzheimer's disease took him away.
Odumbo isn’t qualified to lick the bottom of Grahams shoes.
Very well-stated Progov. WORTH A BUMP!
WOW! Thanks for your life.
Sounds like good old Lutheran Law and Gospel to me!
And thank you for your kind words and encouragement! ;-)
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