Hold Tight and Pray for the Best

Please indulge my ramblings:

I keep telling myself that our country has been through this before. We've had democrats as president before. We've had democrat majorities in the House and Senate before. But I just can't shake the feeling that this time it might be a lot worse. A lot of people have compared Obama to Jimmy Carter: I can't wait for double digit inflation, unemployment, and interest rates. That is the legacy of Jimmy Carter. Everybody is so worried about the state of the economy, so we elect a socialist. I guess if you really believe that socialism is the answer, then good for you. But I live in America, a country founded on principles of freedom and capitalism. If you want socialism, there are plenty of countries around the world that I could suggest. Unfortunately, there's nowhere else that I can go in the world that offers what this country offers in terms of freedom and economic opportunity. Sadly, many of those freedoms have already been curtailed by liberals like Obama, and with a nearly bulletproof congress, I have a feeling that big brother is only going to get bigger.

I think the problem I have is that I don't see how we turn the tide. Hope is something that seems to be slipping away from me. But then I look back and see that Americans have always been resilient and I gain hope that enough people will open their eyes, quit sticking out their hands to the government and realize that freedom is more important than the federal government.

So I am doing my best to look forward with hope while thinking about how we can turn this around. We have two years to work on the Congress. Two more years after that to work on the Presidency. All is not lost, so long as we can hold on to what we believe and what we know is right. As the Lord said, the righteous need not fear. At least we know that no matter what happens politically in this country, or any other, the Gospel is true and God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.