By now it's become pretty obvious that this year's presidential election is not going to end the way that I had hoped and prayed for. Here are a few of the thoughts going through my head as I brace myself for the most liberal administration in American history.
-The legal front of the pro-life movement has been set way, way back. Ginsberg and Stevens will be replaced on the Supreme Court by younger, equally liberal justices and that will prolong Roe vs. Wade for a long time. However, the legal front, though extremely important, is not the only front in the abortion battle. We need to keep praying, keep spreading the message of Christ's healing and grace to those who have had abortions and keep spreading the message of life and redemption to those consider abortions. Make no mistake, this country needs to see abortion outlawed but there's a lot we can do between now and when that happens.
-That said, may God have mercy on us for extending the legal life span of this evil, evil process that much further. It's time for Christians to go back, reread and relisten to what Francis Schaeffer had to say about abortion. It's time to draw a line in the sand. This must be a no compromise issue going forward.
-I believe who we choose as our leaders matters enormously but we need to remember we live in a larger story. Our story began way before any nation and it will still be going long after all nations have passed away.
-Prayer changes things and it is more powerful than any legislature or president. As citizens of this country we have spiritual authority over what goes on in it. Let's use it.
-A lot can happen in four years. Conservatism is far from dead and it will be back.
-America is still the greatest country on Earth and even with a socialist president I'm still enormously proud to be an American.
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Thanks for sharing those thoughts, Ben. I especially was moved by your mentioning of asking God's forgiveness for extending the legal process that would lead to eliminating abortion on demand. I feel the same way. Abortion, because it is unseen, can be easy for all of us to forget until it gets put in front of our face. Have any of us prayed and grieved as we should over this horrible evil? I know I haven't, far too often. But you are right...it's time to do what I can; perhaps getting in the trenches again to help in positive ways...ways that will show mothers with unwanted pregnancies that there are alternatives and there is no need to resort to murder of their unborn child.
As always, believers need to remember that Christ in a person's life in the answer to real change.
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