I received an email today from a dear friend who sincerely lives her life according to God’s will and the love of Jesus Christ. We don’t always agree on politics and lately I’d been getting pro-Palin email from many such Christians. I do not find Palin to be acting in anyway Christ-like of late and am embarassed by her speeches and interviews on behalf of Christ and behalf of women. So when I received an email asking for Christians to pray, I read it as a pro-Republican email, which it may or may not have been (I”ll paste that email at the end for anyone interested). What follows is my response to it which my friend suggested that I post here.

I certainly will do! (pray for our nation every night for one minute at 9:00 pm EST) But I must say that my Christian values cause me to be far more frightened of Sara Palin and John McCain. I think they are inciting hatred and fear with the lies they shout about Obama. Obama embodies the Christian values that I have learned from years of practice. I do not believe Sara Palin has the honesty, integrity or intelligence to be President. And John McCain is losing his mind before our eyes. His erratic and not stateman like behavior reinforces my belief that he will not make it through 4 years of Presidency. Which means Sara would be the President.But regardless of politics and who will be President, I know that God is ultimately in charge and no one comes to power over our nation without God’s intention. God is not mocked and God is not fooled by lies inciting fear. Our responsiblity is to do our duty and to be faithful with all our being in our own lives.And so I will pray for God’s will to be done and for Christians to remember that God so loved the world not just Republicans or US citizens.

To see the email I was responding to, click on “More” These are scary times we are living through. But our foremothers and fathers over the centuries and around the world have shown us how to be faithful through these times. Remember that this is not heaven and it was never meant to be. This is the place we learn to live as the image of God incarnate, in these earthly bodies. Whatever happens in our lives is a part of a much bigger story in which we each play a tiny sparkling part of God’s love and righteousness. It is more important than ever to treat one another as if they were Jesus Christ – to love as we would want to be loved, with respect and honesty. This doesn’t mean we always have to be nice we just have to be aware that God chooses to speak and live and love through these human lives of ours. What an honor to be a human being! Don’t give in to evil, not even to win an election.
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