The problem is, is that "most people" aren't thinking that way. I've seen a deluge of rhetoric that is designed to make Bush look like religious nut...despite the fact that the phonies get away with.
I'm beginning to think the only time some of these Democrats see the inside of a church...or cares for people of faith, is when election day draws near. Unfortunately, we just don't hear the same condemnation for these men who falsely wear their faith on their sleeves....and even campaign in churches.
But all those same people would have said exactly the same about Reagan --- with his religious talk and terms like "evil empire". I -- but I could be wrong --- just think Ron Jr had come to the realization that his dad was no fake and was different than most other politicians when it comes to faith. Many other politicians --- Carter, Clinton, Kerry.... maybe he was thinking of democrats being that he himself is a green and they aren't that fond of democrats either. Or maybe he was trying to defend his dad not being an atheist --- it's not that he agrees with his dad on religion but accepts his dad is real on his faith.
IF he meant his words as a slam to the GWB, then he surely chose the most unfortunate of times to convey such a message. In fact, even if he strongly believes it, some things are best left unsaid. Certainly, I found no wisdom or solace in his very puzzling observation.....it's like commenting on the differences the past four presidents had regarding the Oval Office. Oddly, only one person's behavior shows itself to be crass, crude and totally classless. Or, should we have felt pity that he had such obvious signs of mental illness?
It seems to me though, whether you are four, forty or sixty-four.....the death of a beloved parent makes you as helpless as a baby. Though this is the regarded nature of life passing in a normal manner (the parents die before their children), it still does not make it easier to lose your Dad. Though believers KNOW this is not the end of the story, tears are shed for the loss on this end....even on Good Friday, Mary wept.
More puzzling is why ANYONE thinks they KNOW what is in the heart of GWB regarding his personal relationship with his Savior. I don't recall him telling the nation that the Lord had given him a mandate..... only that he and his family "served the Lord...."
One thing is for sure. Personally, I find the fact that GWB is clear on where his loyalties lay comforting. Don't most of you agree that our faith and allegiance to, in, for and by our Creator is all that stands between our very exisitence? We may well be in the last days of our final choices....Every day, I thank God for all those who have set a fine example.... and for the removal of all those who have served the enemy.
Now that President Reagan has been laid to rest, truly it was revealed once more in the past week that "All things come together for GOOD, for those that love the Lord....." We have had an opportunity to remember what "morning in America" can reveal....
But with each breath we take upon the earth, we continue to choose. The time is past for the trite and trivial. Those choices now carry the weight of the world and His Word. Choose now between immortal and immoral, dawn and dusk, service and servitude, our Creator or our destroyer.
It has become so very obvious (at least to me), that we must unite and stand together for what is right. If we fail to meet the test which is now upon us we may never have another opportunity ....