Wisdom of a Child

Tonight my 7 1/2 year old daughter was watching something on the television that referenced the White House. All of a sudden I hear the following from her:

"Mom, it would be cool to visit the White House and President Obama. . ."

I'm deciding whether I should say anything in response when she continues after a brief pause.

". . . and to tell him about Jesus."

At this I smile, my heart is warmed.

"The Bible tells us to do that, you know Mommy. We are supposed to tell others about God's News!"

I must say I'm so honored that the Lord has blessed me with the privilege of raising this child. At times I worry about whether I'm doing all I should to raise her in today's world to have a heart for God. Will she truly grow up to be a woman of God? But then moments like this come along and my worries are laid to rest. She has grown so much over the past year and I'm amazed at how clearly she is able to hear from God at times and the clarity and wisdom she has. I must say, at times I envy it - I think sometimes she "gets it" much more than I do!

Obama and Abortion

About a year ago I learned about a group called Bound4Life. They are a grassroots movement to save millions of baby's lives in America. They plan to do this through prayer and what is called Silent Sieges. I made the promise at that time to not vote for any candidate who is not Pro-Life.

I am finding it disturbing and saddening to hear that there are others who call themselves pro-life (and Christian in some cases) who are believing the claims that Obama is not a threat to the ProLife movement, and in some cases believing that he is actually good for the cause.

Others will tell you that abortion is really not that big of an issue in the election as the President does not really affect things like abortion laws. This is very wrong. The president may not interpret the laws but he does sign them or veto them. More importantly he appoints judges who do interpret the laws.

Regardless of where you stand please read this post - Abortion Reduction by The Freedom of Choice Act?

I had many concerns before regarding what will happen to this country if Obama became president, for more reasons than just abortion. This just increases these concerns more.

I pray the Lord will open eyes and hearts between now and November 4th to the Truth about abortion and the truth about what is in store for this country and thousands of innocent lives if we don't open our eyes to the Truth of abortion and take a stand (and more importantly if we don't repent and ask for mercy).

“Jesus, I plead your Blood over my sins and the sins of my nation.

God, end abortion and send revival to America.”

I've explained to my daughter what abortion is (not in graphic details, of course) and recently she watched video from when Saddleback Church interviewed both candidates. One of the questions asked was when a child's rights begin. The video of Obama was approx. 5 minutes long. He never actually answered the question, he did a lot of dancing around it. McCain came right out and said "at conception".

After the videos both played I asked my daughter what she thought (I had not told her anything yet as to where either of them stood on the issue) - even a 7 yr old could watch these videos and easily determine that Obama is not Pro-Life.

If you ask her right now what she thinks of the presidential candidates she will tell you "Obama is for killing babies in their mommy's tummies, McCain is not."