Dear Reader,

I have been feeling sort of at odds with myself lately, for a couple of reasons.  The first being my continued dismay over the direction our country is going and how our newly elected President has been  key contributor to the devastating downward spiral that it is headed in.  I find that I cannot find anything that he has done to be remotely worthy of praise.  In fact, it seems that he does everything in his power to promote, and forgive my direness, evil.  I would really love to write something uplifting about what is going on in politics.  But I am left with an empty basket to pick from daily.

Now, why am I at odds with myself?  Because, as a Christian, I feel that I should support our leaders.  But how can I support them, when everything that our majority leaders believe in goes contrary to my Christian belief.  I cannot do it.  I won’t do it.  I refuse to do it.

I have been accused of hating President Obama, not true, I pray for him everynight.  I pray that he will be safe and that his family will be kept safe.  Because I have heard a lot of whacky people saying whacky things about him.  I may not like him, but I do not wish him harmed.  But… I also pray that his eyes would be opened to what is going on around him and that he remember the Bible says in Proverbs 29:12 (NIV):  “If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked.” and that he would not surround himself with these sorts of people…however, that is all he seems to do.  In fact, he seems to have distanced himself from church altogether since the Jeremiah Wright fiasco.  What has it been, nine months since he has been in office and he has yet to find a church?  Not that the “church” makes the man, but it helps to keep him accountable.

I have been accused of being a racist.  That isn’t true either.  I find it funny that people want to toss that adjective out at anyone who disagrees with or dislikes our President.  Why, just because he is black I am suppose to not like him?  No, I can’t say I know him well enough to know whether I like him or not.  What I do know is that I don’t like his policies.  I don’t agree with his nod toward abortion.  I don’t agree with ObamaCare.  I don’t agree with his negative attitudes on school vouchers.  I don’t agree with his concept of where America should stand with Israel.  We should have her back covered.  I don’t agree with his subservient attitude to the countries in the Middle East, case in point, Saudi Arabia and Iran.  I don’t agree with cutting our military spending or nuclear missles.  I don’t agree with him that the Muslim culture cultivates a just attitude towards the United States.  Need he be reminded that they think we are all infidels and to kill an infidel is an honor?  I am not a racist, I am a realist.  If something doesn’t look right, black or white, red or yellow, I am going to say so. 

So, I have decided, through a lot of prayer and self-reflection that it is okay to voice my opinion when it appears that the direction our country is going to far from the direction our founding fathers many years ago set in writing, our Declaration of Independence, for it to go.  So, call me what you will.  I have thick skin and I plan on telling it like it is.  I hope your skin is thick enough to read it.

til later,

from the mind of…