Posted by
mrsbooks on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:11:19 AM
I read the comments on Doug Giles' recent column. And, yes, he does have a creative way of expressing himself, but I think he's trying to reach out to the high school & college-age skulls of mush, as Rush Limbaugh calls them, to get them to think beyond the crowd of loving Obama mindlessly. Do I think Giles' is the next great columnist in line with David Limbaugh, Thomas Sowell, and the rest on Townhall? Nope. But I do think he makes a good point, while entertaining his readers.
Anyway, I'm taking to heart Giles' call to really pray for our new President-elect, whose decided to RULE the U.S. While I think it's great that an African-American is President, I don't think his Chicago-based methods will continue to move our great country forward. No, I think we're in reverse to FDR's method of reigning, or worse, we're heading for the fall of the U.S.
Needless to say, I took Giles' challenge to heart. If you read the Psalms, I & II SAmuel, and most of the other books of the O.T., you'll see the fight the Israelites had to protect their identity. Granted, most of their direst times, as reported by the prophets, were due to their stiff-neck attitudes against God. But when you read about David's terror and his plea for protection from Saul or the Philistines, you see what the power of prayer can do.
I may not be a theologian, and I can't read Hebrew to save my life. But I'm praying the Psalms for our times. Yes, I'm praying for President-elect Obama. But not the "Bless me Lord, and bless President Obama." No, instead, I'm praying the Psalms that the wicked don't win at the end of the day and that the Holy Spirit changes his heart.