John,
It’s barely 7a.m. here in CA. I awoke in the middle of the night, after only 4 hrs sleep and never could get back to sleep, tossing and turning, with a vexation on my spirit that I could not shake off. Desperately hoping to drift back into sleep, yet too tired to pray, eventually rising at 6:30, with a troubling burden on my heart.
Then I read the headlines in the morning paper on the front porch: “Obama Backs Gay Marriage”, and my stomach turned. I hastened to my “closet” and got down on my knees and prayed. I THANKED God for the HOLY SPIRIT, for i was now GRATEFUL that I had been vexed enough in my spirit to have such a terribly disturbed sleep. Something evil was afoot, and the holy Ghost knew it, and was letting me know!!!
This President, unwittingly, has served a death sentence to many souls.
Perhaps God is cursing our nation with this strange spirit running rampant, and thus, our prayers are ineffectual. I don’t know. But I did pray that God would have mercy on that foolish, arrogant man, for he knows not what he does.
What a dark day! (And the irony is that millions of Xns will proclaim outrage, while serving under that same spirit in the churches.)
Brad
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We just don’t belong here, Brad.
Yes, the explosion of homosexuality/bisexuality is a curse. Paul said that it was a curse for ingratitude from people whom God had previously blessed (Romans 1). And yes, the president has added the weight of his powerful office and influence to the weight already felt by young people everywhere to cave in to the pressure to accept that unspeakable abomination as being normal.
If the president ever did really disapprove of queer marriages, then he has caved in to the spirit of our time, which is unfortunate because this nation needs a leader, not a follower. But I suspect that he has for a long time hidden his real feelings about things like this, and if he is re-elected, he will come out of his closet even more fully.
The best thing we can do in a time like this is to stay out of the world’s partisan conflicts and concentrate on making sure there are no beams in our own eye. Your comment about outraged Christians operating under a similar, if not worse spirit, is real. God help them, and us, to submit from the heart to the will of God.
jdc