Saturday, January 21, 2017

Eight Years Is A Long Time...

Can you believe it's over?  Yes, it really is!  Obama is OUT of office.  Trump is in.  It has been a long eight years, and I am so thankful to Almighty God that our nation has survived.  Who ever thought that so much damage could be done by one president?

I can't even begin to recount all of the damage that Obama has done.  Everything from dissing Israel, to paving the way for Iran to have nukes, to social experimentation with our military, to trying to shove transgender bathrooms and even shower rooms down the throats of our public schools--it's been a hideous, revolting eight years.  Did you ever notice that when conservative (especially RELIGIOUS conservative) people said what they thought about something, it got to where it was always with hushed voices, it was always subdued, and people tended to keep their opinions private---but the liberal Left was out-and-proud with whatever garbage they wanted to spew--they could even be militant about it--for you to disagree made you a "hater", a "racist", a "bigot", a "____________-phobe" (fill in the blank with anything you want).  Well, no more.  The era of run amok political correctness has come to a screeching halt.

Still, a lot of damage has been done that is going to take time to undo.  Baronelle Stutzman still lost her floral business.  Aaron and Melissa Klein still lost their bakery.  Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran still lost his job, and the Rowan County Kentucky Clerk, Kim Davis still spent time in jail.  Seeing our White House bathed in rainbow colors to celebrate (?) the Supreme Court making homosexual "marriage" legal is so revolting that it practically amounts to blasphemy--and reminds us all just how close we were to losing it all.  It's a sobering thought to consider that, if the Left had gotten their way, a new wave of Orwellian viewpoint discrimination was about to engulf our nation.  Christian colleges and universities would have been denied eligibility for federal money (student loans and grants) if they didn't bow to the Leftist agenda, people would have been denied jobs, people could have lost their parental rights---we came "this close" to absolutely seeing our nation go over the cliff.

I had certain plans for this Inauguration Day that I have observed--making a point of flying our flag, dressing up in a special set of clothes in honor of the occasion, playing "Happy Days are Here Again" after lunch at work, going out with my wife for a special celebration meal this evening, setting aside special time for worship and expressing thanksgiving to God---even updating this blog with my thoughts were all on my agenda.  I have one other thing I must do before I retire for the evening--and this will no doubt be repeated often: I'm going to pray once again for the hand of Almighty God to guide the heart of our new president.  He's going to need divine intervention, and so are his closest advisers, to reverse all the damage that has been done over the last eight years.  He's also going to need the hand of God to keep him safe--I'll pray for the salvation of his soul while I'm at it.  I'm so thankful tonight to be an American---and for the hope that, one more time, God has granted us a reprieve.  Let's redeem the time, as the Scriptures say, and not while away our day of grace.

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