I have a very serious concern today. I know all of us Conservatives are wanting to make sure that Obama does not get re-elected in this coming election. I am encouraged that his favor is dropping a little. However, I do have a major concern with this election.
First of all, I am aware that our country is in need of revival. Any darkness from our national government is a reflection on the condition of the church. We see people who are in government making abominable decisions, and we can't do anything about them. We can also see tyranny in our government that is beginning to develop. We need help and we need it soon!
Here is what my concern is, but before I explain what my concern is, I will look at some different ways that Christians look at the elections. Many years ago, a man named Pat Robertson considered running for the presidency. A lot of people (Christians) would have voted for him, I'm sure. The reason they would have voted for him was because he was a Christian. And we need Christian people in our government. People would overlook any weakness he would have as a president because he was a Christian. Now I know I am not speaking from every Christian's perspective, but I know a lot of people think that way.
Today, we have a president who can't seem to decide what religion he is, or, maybe he believes he can be more than one (oxymoron). He has stated that he is a Christian. He has stated that he is a Muslim. OK, all that is beside the point. We see what kind of track record he has as a president, and many have decided that 4 years is too long for him to be in office.
Now we have another man who is running for the presidency. He is a Mormon. Bible believing Christians don't like that. They want to vote for a Christian. But I don't think that is the main thing that people are against Romney for. Romney seems to be experiencing what every presidential candidate experiences. It is called 'slander'. For example, people say Romney wants to change the Constitution. Someone asked a person about this and the person who made this statement told the other person to do a google search on Romney second amendment. I did that. I read the articles on it and basically it talked about how Romney was trying to enforce strict gun control for the people in his state. He wanted to have a waiting period before people could actually take home their guns that they purchased. I am having a hard time seeing how someone who is making strict gun laws is trying to change the Constitution. Then I went to another 'recommended' web site on this. This blog page explained that Romney and Obama were similar in 40 ways (and it listed the ways). What was interesting, was that I looked at the information on the blogger. He put a newsletter out and he was an active 'Libertarian' . Now it made sense of why he was blasting Romney. I think the accusations on Romney are being way blown up.
Now for the problem. We have an election in a couple of months. What is our goal? Do we want to have a man who will oppress us for four more years, and who will make decisions that will end up destroying our country, or do we want to look for that perfect man who will rule over us? We have a couple of choices. Conservatives are not going to vote for Obama, so that decision is made already. But what we have is a divided house. And I am not really sure why. The Bible says that 'a house divided against itself cannot stand'. The Conservatives are divided. Some will vote for Romney. Others will fill in a name and send it in. In the end, what good will that do? What good will it do if we look for a godly man to be our president and then put his name in when we cast our votes? Even a best case scenario, if a Godly man were elected by Conservatives, would that man still be able to receive more votes than Obama?
The issue isn't looking for someone who has a high standard and voting him in. We are not voting for a pastor. A pastor and a president are two different things. If we are looking for a pastor, then he would have to have the qualifications met for being a pastor. But we cannot put those qualifications on a presidential candidate. The state is not the church, and the church is not the state.
Do you see what is happening here? If we keep this attitude up, we can be sure that Obama will be in office for the next four years. The damage could be monumental. Whatever freedoms our forefathers died for, so we could have them, would be destroyed. Obama is not looking out for the welfare of Americans. It appears that he wants to bring our country down, and make us a weak nation. Could there be another agenda here? Could this be the seeds for Communism to germinate in?
I am not going to tell you to vote for Romney, but I do want you to consider a couple of things. One of them is to ask yourself this question; 'Is it possible that Romney is being slandered?' (I personally don't know why he wouldn't be. That is the nature of politics today). Also, is it possible that Romney would be the only possible candidate that would be able to defeat Obama, and if so, should I vote for him, rather than vote for someone else and make the Conservative vote weaker? The Conservative vote is at stake today. If the Conservatives stay divided, it stands to reason that Obama will be re-elected. Please consider what I have written here. And most of all, if you are a Christian, please be praying for our country. Wouldn't it be great if Godly people would be elected into office? Let's work toward that goal. But for now, let's work with what we have.
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