tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940163882819353882.post4474447391491246404..comments2016-03-31T18:50:02.152-05:00Comments on The Dunlap Diaries: Post-election musingsCarolynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04308458180382312290noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940163882819353882.post-13614337288055811092008-11-17T12:15:00.000-06:002008-11-17T12:15:00.000-06:00Very similar to a post I had in my head, but never...Very similar to a post I had in my head, but never actually typed out!<BR/>As hard as it will be to a have a president who is on the opposite side of most, if not all issues, like you said we are called to pray for our leaders as well as be humble and obedient (unless they ask us to go against God's law of course). <BR/>The week of the election God showed me a lot of scripture related to those things. I have also tried to keep in perspective that this is not our home and the darker this world gets our longing for Heaven increases that much more.<BR/>I suppose the darker the world gets the more we will stand out from the crowd and we'll certainly have a lot of opportunities to be light and salt and bring glory to God.<BR/>Long comment, just wanted to say, I hear ya, Sister!Fourgiven Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535726994432435835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940163882819353882.post-81105823852100746672008-11-08T20:26:00.000-06:002008-11-08T20:26:00.000-06:00Extremely enlightening thoughts, my friend. You k...Extremely enlightening thoughts, my friend. You know...I teach in a school that is (my estimation) 99% African-American. So, in my social studies classes, I have taught and talked a lot about the election. Although I agreed with a large majority of the actual "campaign issues" of Obama, I was very upfront with my students about the difficulty I had in choosing a man who didn't espouse my core values of the santity of human life, marriage between a man and woman, and many other "core value" issues. I was very happy, however, that, as John McCain so graciously said, "American has spoken". I think that it speaks volumes for our country that we can elect someone based on character and leadership qualities and not factor in race. So, kind of like you...as I don't understand exactly where my place in all of this is, I do understand that I am called to pray for our new president-elect. By the way, I explained to Eli that our country (where we live, I told him) was picking somebody to be in charge. Who did he want me to choose--McCain or Obama? He said McCain. Then, I switched their names around...Obama or McCain. Again, McCain. So, I tried it one more time, just to be sure. This time he let out an exasperated breath and said, "Do you understand me, Mama? I said McCain. Yes, sir???"--as though he were now in charge--as he thinks he is alot!Mandi Zacharyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948285972770376932noreply@blogger.com