I sat up last night posting links to news stories that I was finding on the web regarding what was going on with the attack on our embassies and anything that could be tied to it. I made a long blog post of everything that I found. Today I sat and watched part of the Memorial Service and cried for our four fellow Americans and their families....I also cried for all of us. The tears were a mixture of sadness for the lives lost, and the families that will never hold their own again. They were also tears of frustration and uncertainty.
I'm 40 yrs old and since I was a young girl I have watched the news and stayed current on what was going on around us. That was one thing that my Daddy instilled in me. He always told us we needed to open our eyes and know what was going on around us and I took that to heart at a young age. As a young girl, I remember listening to the radio nonstop when John Lennon was gunned down because it was news. I was glued to the TV when Reagan was shot. When George Bush Sr was up for election I played at making up questions that I would ask if I had the opportunity. When I got older my boyfriend was in the Airforce. During Dessert Shield and Dessert Storm I went to support meetings, organized a college wide rally....I tried to find out everything I could about what was going on with the war. After we married (now divorced) and moved overseas my Patriotism grew even stronger and my desire to know about things around me grew. It's just something that is part of how I tick. I have spent nights reading about Political figures (those that I agreed with and didn't agree with) and devouring internet news as well as regular news.
In saying that, I can honestly say that I have never felt the way I feel at this very moment. I can count a few times in my life that there was a moment that stood out to me. A moment that I knew that life was changing. This feels like one of those moments. I just can't explain it. For the past few days I have watched apologies being thrown out to people who have every intention of causing as much harm and destruction as possible to our people and our interest. I have listened to blame being placed on some movie clip. What I haven't heard or seen is a hell-fire stand for our Country. I haven't seen one person in the Administration get off the fence, stop worrying about what those other countries may think, and stand up for America. We have had some dilly-dallying over the ramifications of free speech....well...I ask you..do we have free speech or not? The last I checked it was a guaranteed right in our Constitution.
We don't have time for a free speech debate. We don't have time to argue politics. I don't care if the President is Republican, Democrat or a Third Party whoever....He is supposed to be the leader of our country and by God he needs to step his butt up and start leading. I don't personally care for his politics or policy making decisions but stand up for us PLEASE. I want the security of knowing that my President will take no crap when it comes to his Country. It's kind of like a child knows that he/she is safe with their parents. My kids know that if anyone or anything threatens them, or Heaven forbid hurts one of them, there will be hell to pay. We should have that same feeling with our Administration even if we don't agree with them on policy. For the first time in my life I feel an uncertainty that I have never felt....even on 9/11. Who is leading us and where are we going? For the first time I don't know.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
They voted Nay Three Times
"....Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times. And he broke down and cried" Mark 14:72
Democrats' Boo-God Moment Puts Black, Latino Faithful in 'Tough Place'
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/democrats-boo-god-moment-puts-black-latino-faithful-in-tough-place-81284/#CJ1AFgf1D95CUmrh.99
The DNC ran into a stumbling block when a motion by former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland to insert the words "God" and "Jerusalem" back into the Democratic Party's platform after the platform committee passed the original version omitting the words required a voice vote in the party's convention hall.
Three roll call votes were taken as the "aye" and "no" voice votes were too close to call. The amendments needed a two-thirds majority approval to pass. After it was determined that the motions passed, many booed.
Democrats Boo As God & Jerusalem Put Into Platform – Ban Christian Gift Baskets at Convention
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/09/democrats-boo-god-jerusalem-ban-christian-gift-baskets-at-convention/
There are many more links, but it's not hard to google because they come right up.
After seeing and hearing this vote with my own eyes and ears I was dumbfounded. Had I been in that facility I would've been looking for the closest exit, especially if I had been sitting by someone BOOING. I would not have walked down the street with anyone who had participated in all of that because I would have been fearful of lightning. Don't get me wrong I don't view myself as a pious individual. I sin everyday....no roadmap or tutorial is needed....but to blatantly shake your fist at God is not something that I could see myself doing. Some say that the BOOS were for Jerusalem and not at God, but I really don't see the difference considering that Israel is God's chosen. I have friends who are "Democrat" and are Christian. I don't judge them by what their counter-parts did, but I have to say that I fear for them. The whole guilty by association thing. To be honest I fear for us all.
Not long ago I read a book called "The Harbinger" by Johnathan Cahn. It was a real eye-opener as to the ramifications we face for our actions. Of course, it is a work of fiction, but it made me seriously think about the path that we have taken as a country. I couldn't help but take a look at the role that I have personally played in that direction because when it all comes down to it we are all responsible. There are consequences for our wrong actions just as there are blessings for our right actions. We will all have to face one or the other. With reading the book, seeing the vote of Nay, and watching as our Embassies are being attacked as I type this I'm taking even a more serious look at my life, what matters for my family and what I need to change personally.
The blessing in all of this is that I KNOW that being a child of God means that even if I may deny him in my actions, which is no different than standing up at the DNC and voting Nay, He will not deny me. He will not leave me. I belong to Him and with Him I always have a way home.
Democrats' Boo-God Moment Puts Black, Latino Faithful in 'Tough Place'
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/democrats-boo-god-moment-puts-black-latino-faithful-in-tough-place-81284/#CJ1AFgf1D95CUmrh.99
The DNC ran into a stumbling block when a motion by former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland to insert the words "God" and "Jerusalem" back into the Democratic Party's platform after the platform committee passed the original version omitting the words required a voice vote in the party's convention hall.
Three roll call votes were taken as the "aye" and "no" voice votes were too close to call. The amendments needed a two-thirds majority approval to pass. After it was determined that the motions passed, many booed.
Democrats Boo As God & Jerusalem Put Into Platform – Ban Christian Gift Baskets at Convention
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/09/democrats-boo-god-jerusalem-ban-christian-gift-baskets-at-convention/
There are many more links, but it's not hard to google because they come right up.
After seeing and hearing this vote with my own eyes and ears I was dumbfounded. Had I been in that facility I would've been looking for the closest exit, especially if I had been sitting by someone BOOING. I would not have walked down the street with anyone who had participated in all of that because I would have been fearful of lightning. Don't get me wrong I don't view myself as a pious individual. I sin everyday....no roadmap or tutorial is needed....but to blatantly shake your fist at God is not something that I could see myself doing. Some say that the BOOS were for Jerusalem and not at God, but I really don't see the difference considering that Israel is God's chosen. I have friends who are "Democrat" and are Christian. I don't judge them by what their counter-parts did, but I have to say that I fear for them. The whole guilty by association thing. To be honest I fear for us all.
Not long ago I read a book called "The Harbinger" by Johnathan Cahn. It was a real eye-opener as to the ramifications we face for our actions. Of course, it is a work of fiction, but it made me seriously think about the path that we have taken as a country. I couldn't help but take a look at the role that I have personally played in that direction because when it all comes down to it we are all responsible. There are consequences for our wrong actions just as there are blessings for our right actions. We will all have to face one or the other. With reading the book, seeing the vote of Nay, and watching as our Embassies are being attacked as I type this I'm taking even a more serious look at my life, what matters for my family and what I need to change personally.
The blessing in all of this is that I KNOW that being a child of God means that even if I may deny him in my actions, which is no different than standing up at the DNC and voting Nay, He will not deny me. He will not leave me. I belong to Him and with Him I always have a way home.
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