Little Women
• Nov. 7, 2008 - what we need to do, now
I've been thinking a lot after the recent elections, and various postings I've seen on other forums.
One thing I think we ALL have to find a way to do now is to work together.
I am saddened by the massive divisiveness this election has brought, with hard feeling on so many sides. I hope Black Americans will be able to get beyond the victim mentality after this, and will not feel so disenfranchised, but I think we conservatives have to work on the same things. Eg, we have complained that the media focused only on the negatives of our country. Now we are on the other side, and we need to find a way to focus on what is good, what God is doing, and how we can be involved. (Not that we can't be the opposition when needed, but we need to show the example of how we wish we had been treated over the past 8 years.)
We are in difficult times right now in a lot of ways, and our own infighting is not going to help anybody. There seem to be pluses and minuses to every situation, and we need to be much in prayer for our government.
Indeed, we needed to be much more in than we have been over the past few years, I think. It is one of about 3 commandments specifically given to us in Scripture about how we are supposed to relate to our government, but I think that as long as things seem to be going "reasonably" well, we forget about this. I was so disappointed when the Presidential Prayer emails stopped, right after the last election. I think it's a matter that we should all be concentrating on, a lot.
I have said before, and think it must be true, that we are better off with a "bad" President and the people of God praying, than we are with a "good" President and the people of God complacent. (I am not saying that either Bush or Obama are either "bad" or "good," but I do think that we have fallen down badly in our job of praying for our leaders.)
I don't have the contacts the Presidential Prayer list used to have, re. specific items on the President's schedule, but I would like to try to make a prayer list each week. Even if it winds up somewhat repetitive (most of our problems do seem to persist), I am hoping it will remind us all to be in prayer for our President and other leaders. (And, if I forget, please, somebody, remind me! :) )
So, to get us going, let's us pray, this week, for:
President Bush: for a good wrap-up, and wisdom in the last 2 months
for godly leadership and setting up a smooth transition
for understanding of how to move on from here
for wisdom in dealing with our current financial situation
President-elect Obama: For wisdom in choosing counselors
to continue to think about reaching across the aisles
for a smooth transition
for wisdom in dealing with our current financial situation
For our other leaders:
For Democrats: for wisdom and godly decisions about what to focus on now
to understand what is truly important for our country
For Republicans: for wisdom in understanding what went wrong
for a re-focusing on what is truly important
for leadership that can explain their positions to others
For the media: (who are our leaders, though we may not think like that)
to focus on what is important and godly
to know when to holler
to help bring unity back to our country
For all of our country: to heal the wounds of the last years (from 2 to 100, depending which)
for economic stability
for kindness to one another
to be drawn, through it all, to the God who loves us, in truth |
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