I previously posted my heavy heart in response to the pervasive social disease wrought by promoting promiscuity, self-realisation, gay marriage here.  and promised to write Part 2, which outlines some of the ways I am fighting back.

I will love my husband more deeply and serve him more gleefully than ever:

I seek to meet his needs first.

I accept him with no conditions.

I encourage him to pursue God first.

I pray for him.

I do whatever he asks with gladness and  deep love, as far as I am able.

I observe him to know him more deeply, and listen to understand him more fully. 

I will love my children till I am tickled pink!

I will rejoice that I have legs, arms, eyes, ears, words, thoughts, hands with which to serve my family, and will serve them with all my heart.

No job is too low nor too hard for me to do with a glad and willing heart and mighty arms.

I will cheerfully spend a few moments with our son when he is bringing me yet another "present" in a bag from the shelf that I have just cleaned up.  I will celebrate his generosity before we find its right place to keep it safely. 

I will listen avidly when our children are telling me about the snakes they are making, the trolleys they are driving, and the elevators they are riding.

I will say "yes" to our children's pleas for attention and love as much as I humanly can.

I will firmly and gently say "no" again and again and again to any habit, desire, request from our children that will diminish their character and future.

I will pray God's Kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy to rain down on our family and to show His glory in our little home.

I will put away fear of man and put on courage to speak the truth in public (gasp!).

I will become a woman of God's Word, and study all 66 books.

I will seek friendships with women who will challenge me to obey and worship God fully and without reservation.

I will graciously ask others to explain the basis for their comments that fly in the face of Scripture, and become an expert in engaging people in winsome conversation with people from the despised "religious right" (that would be me, ahem!).  I will speak up at liberal Christian bookstores and graciously express distress about their sale of books on "Wizardology" (and so on).

I will give as much money as I can to organizations like National Organization for Marriage.

I will cut my food budget in half so I can support Christian leaders like James Dobson who are trying to be heard in the market place and so I can sell bumper stickers with slogans like "Aborted babies never learn to dance.  Give adoption a chance."  and "Try the Adoption Option".  And "(What about the) The Audacity of Truth?"

I will vote for John McCain and look for opportunities to dialog about it with neighbors and friends who are thinking of abstaining (Feel free to post here if you like).

I am thinking about starting a new blog to engage non-Christians in friendly dialog about controversial issues (but I'm not sure I have the time to do that and do all of the above).

Of course I will not be able to do all these things perfectly, but that is the direction and goal of my heart, and I will not be discouraged when I cannot do them all.