Indeed, my thanks to all of you for sharing your views and insights. Many of us are "old timers" on this forum and have joined together in myriad conservative causes. I appreciate your thoughts and concerns.
Despite his claim to being Christian, Obama's administration is the most anti-Christianity, anti-Israel and pro-Islam known to me.
Truly, I hope my brothers and sisters in Christ will consider how the geopolitical anti-Israel dominoes have been set up under this administration - and seek God's will before casting a vote.
Concerning the present general election, I'd again like to observe that the upcoming GOP convention will be an excellent opportunity to gauge how serious Romney is about his conservative claims in the primary. His choice of a running mate will be important as will be the platform, speeches and statements made in the convention.
There will be plenty of time to rehearse so I suspect the whole dog and pony show will be quite revealing.
My prayer is that God's will be done in this election.
There’s no way back for the country as long as Christians keep supporting what they say they hate.
Indeed. But the fact of the matter is that no matter what happens in this election GOD'S WILL WILL BE DONE.
There is a soverignty of God issue that a lot of Christians seem to ignore as the cower in fear of an Obama re-election to the point where they actually bend their own standards and sacrifice their own principles not to do God's will, but to assuage their fears.
The fact of the matter is that God has given this nation 4 years of Obama. If God did not want Obama to be our President, it would never have happened. And God may very well want us to have another 4 years of an Obama presidency to bring all of us to our knees.
FWIW while I certainly would prefer that Obama be tossed out of Office as soon as possible, I also recognize that Obama is the president that God has chosen to occupy that office at least until January 21, 2013. If God wills that he continue in that office then neither my vote nor anyone else's on this forum is going to change that.
With that being said, I cannot fathom any logical reason for God to allow Obama to remain as president except to teach America a lesson on where it needs to place it's faith and to remind us daily of our need to turn to God rather than to politicians to solve our problems and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.
Romney is an absolute NO VOTE for me. He has been politically aligned with Planned Parenthood and the Gay Lobby for decades. I will not sacrifice my principles as a Christian to vote FOR Romney as president because he has been against everything I believe in for decades. I also am not going to cast a vote against Obama merely on the premise that I fear what he can do to America. I have no fear of what Obama can do for America simply because I believe what Jesus said to Pilate, that he would have no power at all if it were not given to him by His Father.
So I trust that whatever Power Obama has is power given to him by God. Proverbs 21:1 says clearly that the the heart of the ruler "is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will."
So I do not fear Obama. I fear God. I fear that God has chosen this generation of Americans to be used as an instrument in his hands for judgment. If I sacrifice my own principles to vote for Romney merely because he isn't Obama then what have I gained? What will America gain if every Christian sacrifices their principles and votes for a pro-abortion, pro-homosexual lobby president merely because we fear that if we don't sacrifice our principles on the alter of expediency, then God will give us 4 more years of what God has already given us?
Will God reward us for our cowardice. I think not. Will he reward us for sticking to our principles even if it means we may face another 4 years of judgment on our nation? I think so.
That being said, I don't think the 1% of people who might vote their principles is going to make any difference. I think that enough Christians are more than willing to sacrifice their principles on the alters of fear and expediency and will vote for Romney regardless of his political history and his long commitment to things we know to be abominations in the sight of God.
Romney will probably be elected. He will not be elected with my vote. Further a Romney election will not stave off any judgment that God has planned for this nation. We can only stave off that judgment by sticking to our principles and being more in fear of God than in fear of Obama. Romney is not our savior. Let us not forget that.
Beautifully and graciously said, dearest sister in Christ!
And I so agree with this:
My prayer is that God's will be done in this election.This is my prayer, too.