It's election day +7 and there is still a cloud of melancholy that's hanging over me. I've tried to shake it, to stay positive, to remain hopeful, but then I think about the ramifications of our country's choice, and I fall back into despair.
I question myself: Why are the election results so important to me? Why do I give it so much power over me? Why, when I am blessed beyond measure with beautiful kids, a loving husband, and loyal friends, do I allow my thoughts to continually return to uncertainty and fear.
Then it occurs to me: it is for the sake of my children, primarily their future, that I grow dismal.
I have always been taught to be proud of my country. My parents instilled in me a hope for tomorrow and the knowledge that in America, anything is possible if you work hard and set your course right. You will be rewarded for your hard work, protected from injustice, and ultimately succeed in achieving the American Dream. But the American Dream is looking more like a mere shadow of its former self.
The results of this election aren't just numbers from a ballot box. They aren't just citizens choosing one candidate over another. More ominous, the results are America selling its individualistic soul to the gods of collectivism, humanism, and immoralism.
If you think I'm overreacting, then I challenge you to read the Global Poverty Act, a bill filtering through the senate and sponsored by Barak Obama. This bill "has been surrounded by some controversy because it also has stipulations that could infringe on the Constitution of the United States". Yes, the same US Constitution that Obama views as fundamentally flawed. And yes, the same constitution that has given Obama the freedom to reach the pinnacle of his political career. And yes, the same constitution that ironically on January 20, he promises, with the help of God to preserve, protect and defend.
"The Global Poverty Act would make U.S. law on issues ranging from the 2nd Amendment to energy usage and parental rights all subservient to United Nations whims".
So, according to this bill, that Obama says "we can - and must make a priority on day one" the law will ultimately strip away our second amendment rights making them subservient to the U.N., place our parental rights under the power of the dictator-infested world body and paralyze our economy in order to meet the stringent global emissions standards set forth by the Kyoto Protocol.
So many naieve folks have mocked this bill thinking that it will never pass. Really? What's stopping it? Our country is now lead by the most extreme left leaders of the democratic party. Pelosi, Reid, Biden and Obama have all come out in support of the Global Poverty Act. And if I am to take Obama at his word "Together we can change the world", then why would I not believe that this is the means he will take to achieve this end?
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."
- Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948
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Amy, I think you know that my heart and my flesh are right there with you in regards to the state of our nation. It is my children and grandchildren I ache for as well as I consider where we are headed as a nation. However, I must say that as I read your blog I was reminded that one day this world will come to an end and Jesus will come back and REIGN! In order for that to happen all the prophecies must be fulfilled. I just wanted to encourage you that what we see is TEMPORAL, but what is unseen - what the Lord IS DOING and HIS PLANS are ETERNAL. And, I wanted to lovingly remind you that what you're doing by teaching your children at home and instructing them in the ways of the Lord day by day will prepare them for what is ahead! And let's keep being the best citizens we can be and while we're at it let's watch the skies because the day is drawing nearer...and THAT IS OUR HOPE!! HE IS OUR HOPE!! I love you dear sister and I love your heart!! Press on and be encouraged!! Val
Wow, I could have written this blog. I feel the same way you do, Val echeoes my sentiments (actually, she must have stole my thoughts out of my head whilst I was sleeping)! Whenever I think of my children and what they may one day face, I give way to fear, which is not what the Lord wants from us. Go to sleep in peace...God is awake (Victor Hugo).
Amy,
The most naive point of the Global Poverty Act is that the money that is taken from American People in the form of taxes, will go to the poor of the world. If it's getting filtered through the U.N., about 2/3 of that money (at best) will end up in the pockets of those in the U.N. If anyone thinks this is unfounded, look at the oil for food program where about 1/10 of the money from the middle east oil ended up as "food" for the poor. The rest ended up in the pockets of those in charge, including Koffee Annan and his sons. The U.N. is a corrupt organization that has done little good in this world. Now Obama wants to take U.S. Taxpayers money and fund their corruption. That's insane!
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