HALF-STAFF

The flag is at half-staff in my soul.  It is hard to be excited about the 2012 election.  It divided us into red and blue states, but it is "we the purple" who lost.  Some just don't know it yet.

We've all lost because the majority of Americans have reached for the right to redefine morality.  Do we imagine that God will ignore that?  Bless that?
Our patriotic prayer-song is "God Bless America", but there is no reason for Him to sing along.

We will miss His blessing.

In previous episodes of the man/God saga, we have decided He may not be acknowledged in the public square.  So He was told to step away from the military.  He's also not needed in schools...or football games...or in the workplace.

It sure is empty without the reason for being.

And now at the end of this election cycle, here's the platform we asked for:

...the unprecedented idea that ALL of us be required to pay for the taking of an innocent life made in His image (both in our country and around the world).

...the unprecedented idea that our country won't be needing the Lord's ideas for marriage anymore.

...and the unprecedented idea that government, not God...is the final arbiter for religious liberty.  That ignores the essential fact that liberty IS A GIFT FROM GOD.  If the Creator didn't give us liberty (but rather it comes from the government), then government can take it away capriciously.  And has.

Incredibly, America responded..."Yeah!  Supersize that for me!"

Last week I wrote a blog to say that I'm not God and have no idea whether Hurricane Sandy was His specific judgment.  But we CAN know that God would be hard-pressed to turn His head away from these three strikes because they are an assault on His holiness.

In the first chapter of Romans, God says His wrath "is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them." Men know the truth within themselves, but they bow up against God.    Notice the present tense of the verb.  Wrath IS revealed...because God has a fixed opposition against ungodliness (those who reject His person)...and unrighteousness (those who reject His laws).

Won't God have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah if He blinks at this?

It's impossible to know how or when His plan will address this, but the judgment clock just sped up.  The ride will get bumpy and all should get ready.

American say they are thirsty for unity again in our country.   Now we have it in "we the purple".

We purple people need a healthy fear of God.