(The day after the elections and Obama was elected the President of the
My heart is flooded with many emotions right now. Yesterday was quite emotional for a lot of us, I am sure. One thing I did not have is fear. God gave me such a peace about this nation's future, because God is in control. It is evident to me that our nation is in need for a CHANGE. My hope is that this nation look to God for this change and not a man.
Regardless of which man won the presidency, I'm afraid neither one could have made the changes that I am hoping for.
God laid it on my heart to fast yesterday, and I'm glad He did. I knew before I started that this would be a challenge, because I am quite spoiled when it comes to food. Which is another reason I love my job! The goodies that are laid before me daily are DELICIOUS (many are home baked). Yesterday was torture when it came to passing up the treats that came my way. It was almost funny. We distributed Market Day (fundraising food), and I saw: deep dish apple pie, apple blossoms, peach-pecan-pumpkin pies, strawberry cheese cake, steaks... It seemed each box had the yummiest names. For lunch, my good friend Mark (one of the teachers) suggested we buy Buffalo Wild Wings because Tuesdays are 25 cent/wing days. Again, I just had to laugh (and almost cry).
God did speak to me during lunch! I had to get away from food, so I went to the church's sanctuary to pray and read His Holy Word. I wanted to let the Spirit move me, so I didn't open the Bible to a specific place. I opened the Bible and read, then opened someplace else and read... Each time I read different scriptures, God was there giving me what to read, and it all reflected this election. I was amazed, but not surprised. I did this about 10 times praying in between each scripture.
My half hour lunch period was ending, so I opened the Bible to one last place to read. The following scripture ended my special session with God: (II Timothy 3:1-5 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God - having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.) Wow, do you see how I knew God was there and speaking to me?
Now, we could all agree that the citizens of our nation fit this description. I believe with all of my heart that the end times are here to stay. It would take a miracle from God to change our hearts in such a way to see a difference. Neither presidential candidate could have made a difference without a divine intervention from God. This is why I have peace; God is and always will be on His throne!!! Praise God!!! Praise God that we have a God, leader, friend, comforter, deliverer, redeemer... Thank God that He is God and God alone!!! I know that I would have no hope without Him!!!
I was disappointed when I stopped fasting at 5:30pm last night, and started eating uncontrollably. Then I took comfort that I am weak, but He is strong. We are weak, but He is strong - we can turn to God and God alone for strength. Then I realized that I had gone 25 hours without eating, because I hadn't eaten since 4:30pm the night before. In my self-gratification, I then realized that people die every 2-3 seconds from starvation. I heard a story once of a mother that carried her two children (because they were crippled from starvation) for many miles to a city that had food. She did this once a week. She and her two children ate once/week. I can't imagine!!! I barely made it one day (with God's help). It is a real shame that we cannot find happiness as Americans when we have blessings (from God) just pouring all over us. Why are we a depressed people? Why don't we praise and worship God more than what we do? God has blessed this nation, but I fear that His tolerance for us will stop and His wrath will be poured upon us if we don't seek
This following video is a good one. I have toiled with sending this out before, because not all military men/women go to war to 'prove who they are'. I know that many go to war because of duty and commitment, willing to lay down their life. But I also know that wars are started because of pride, hatred...
I often debated in my heart, mind, and soul why God would let Satan have so much power over this earth, and why would God let evil be so prevalent. Then I am reminded that this evil that we see was not His intension at all. Life was not supposed to be like this. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the fruit of the tree, this gave us the knowledge of GOOD and EVIL. As long as we continue to disobey God, we will see Evil.
I encourage you to watch the next video with an open heart. Just click on the black box below.
In His Hands,