What Now?

I have been alarmed and concerned by the outcome of the 2008 presidential election but... I am so aware that God is in charge.

Here is a wonderful article by Randy Alcorn - which describes my sentiments so well...

Here is another encouraging article by CJ Mahaney - this article reminisces about what happened after the 2004 elections. These thoughts brought out of the archives - are just as helpful for the 2008 elections.

May I encourage you to recall the words in Romans 13:1-7.

Submission to the Authorities
13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Fathers, this is a wonderful opportunity to be reminding our wife and children what God requires of responsible Christian citizens...