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.

This is the scariest election we as Christians have ever faced. From the looks of the polls, the Christians aren’t voting Christian values. We all need to be on our knees. Do you believe we can take God at His word? Call upon His name, then stand back and watch His wonders to behold. His scripture gives us, as Christians, ownership of this land and the ability to call upon God to heal it. I challenge you to do so. We have never been more desperate than now for God to heal our land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 : If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England , its people and peace. This had an amazing effect as bombing stopped. There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America , The United States of America and our citizens need prayer more than ever!! If you would like to participate: each evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time, 8:00 PM Central, 7:00 PM Mountain, 6:00 PM Pacific, stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States , our troops, our citizens, for peace in the world, for wisdom and courage for our leaders, the up-coming election, and that the Bible will remain the basis for the laws governing our land and that Christianity will grow in the U.S. If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along. Someone said if people really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have. Thank You.