I don't think I need to. I see the message on the faces of my co-workers. I see the message through the tears of my fellow Christians. I saw the message this past week or so at the Christians praying in our church. I've seen the message through-out the country as we've united together in prayer and resolve. I've seen the message in the pulling together in communities across this nation to show support for our country and our God. I've seen the message as millions of people throughout this country, and more throughout this world have prayed together, sung praise songs together, and worked to combat this evil that is in our midst. Oh, I've seen the message, and I believe that many, many more in our midst have seen the message.
Now is not the time for doomsday prophesy. This can be our finest hour. If we'll use it to unite this country and revive our land. But we don't need doomsday predictions to do that. We need to be drawn to God in love for our fellow man, and not fear of God's retribution.
Maybe you should go back and watch the President's speech again. Name one time in modern history that a President has invoked the power of prayer and the power of God in such a way as our President did last night. Just because someone didn't say what you want them to say doesn't mean that they didn't say exactly the right thing.
Say whu...?
Fellow man has nothing to do with loving God. We love God for His own sake, simply because He is God. If love for God is accepted in one's life, then and only then can one move on to loving others with the fullest measure.
"And not fear of God's retribution"? Okay, please tell me then: what ELSE has there been that has motivated man to do good, when a love for God fails?
Maybe you should go back and watch the President's speech again. Name one time in modern history that a President has invoked the power of prayer and the power of God in such a way as our President did last night.
Ronald Reagan.
Just because someone didn't say what you want them to say doesn't mean that they didn't say exactly the right thing.
It was a great speech. And I'm thankful, as both an American and a historian, that God let me be alive in such a time (tragic as it is) to hear it happen. I've a friend who remembers distinctly listening to FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech on the radio... and there've been times I've wondered if our generation, or any other after, would hear something so stirring.
We have.
But I'm also NOT going to entrust all my eggs with Bush, capable a leader though he has been thus far. God didn't annoint Bush... He simply gave we the people a chance to annoint him from our own, and there were a few omissions from his speech last night that were, from the long-term perspective, troubling (creating a new cabinet post in this capacity, for instance... where will that end?) The leadership of this country isn't with a few in Washington D.C., but among all of us.
We've all a responsibility. Have had the responsibility from God even for quite a long time. And we would do well to be cogent of that.