Not Surprised

As the town hall meetings and debates over the proposed healthcare reform bill continue, I should just stop being surprised by the media's typical wholesale sell out to the liberal and democratic viewpoint. I followed a link today from yahoo.com homepage to an article on riots that had broken out during a town hall meeting discussing the healthcare changes. I could find approx. five out of seven articles that claimed the "right wing activists and corporations" were inciting people to violence and practically brain washing the poor mindless Americans to protest the bill. This kind of thinking is exactly the sort that allows democratic leaders in Congress to give themselves the luxury of taking control of the common man: they believe that the poor imbecile on the street needs an all powerful government to baby sit and coddle him, because the senseless citizens and voters of this country don't have the intelligence to run their own lives. I thought this was a country "by the people, for the people". Some would have this a country "of the ruling class, for the good of the government." 

I am not a political activist for politic's sake. I make the statements I do because I believe that as a follower of Christ, we are part of His plan for reclaiming creation for the Kingdom of God. That includes our governments, our economies, and our personal lives. I am opposed to the idea that Christians should mind their own business and stay in the church buildings; the Word of God commands us to go and make disciples of all NATIONS... I really think many of us could do well to stay in our home country and just work on making this nation a disciple of Christ, a part of His kingdom here on earth. I love freedom, and I love this country. I loved growing up watching cartoons of Ben Franklin and his wonderful inventions, and being part of this country which boldly stood up against its oppressors in England. We should not cease to stand up against the oppressors now. Our freedom is being threatened quietly, legally, with no legal recourse against it. That is the terrifying part. Thankfully, "greater is He who is in me, than he who is in the world." It is unavoidable that satan is the prince of the power of the air, that he has some right to the goings on here on earth. But he is not all powerful, and his machinations should not go unchecked. As believers and as good citizens of this beautiful country, we must stand up for freedom, for the lives of the innocent, for this world which is becoming the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. 

And we should begin with repentance. With asking a Holy God to have mercy on this nation which has fallen so far from holy. Beginning with ourselves. To forgive us for our children that we've murdered, for throwing Him out of our schools, for sitting down silently while perversion is made acceptable, legal. For not guarding the eyes of our young men from "adult entertainment".  What in the world makes us think sin is adult entertainment? But that's another blog. 

"God, end abortion; send revival to America. "