Good afternoon!

I'd like to begin by saying that I did get lots of the things done yesterday that I had wanted to do. When I crawled into bed last night, I knew that I had done a good day's work! I really like that feeling! I have lots to do today, too, and I have hopes of laying my head on the pillow tonight with that very same, good feeling. There is a good possibility that Bill will get called off work tonight, which will make crawling into bed even more wonderful! I'm not ashamed to admit that I love the feeling, at the end of the day, of laying beside the love of my life, drifting off to sleep in his arms, listening to his soft breathing, feeling the gentle rise and fall of his chest. Bill is the love of my life, and he's the best thing about any of my days!

Since I'm using this blog as my journal, I wanted to also say that I've been doing lots of thinking lately. I know, that in itself is a scary thought! And actually, I usually always have some kind of "thing" that I'm thinking through at any given time. My brain is just wired that way, I guess. But lately, I've been thinking of my life in relation to the unsettling times in which I'm living. Bill and I watch the Glenn Beck show regularly, and we really appreciate the way he presents the news, the way he lays it all on the line about what's really going on with the politics of our day.

Now, I have to admit that I've never really kept up with politics before. My school of thought has pretty much always been that I'd spend my life doing whatever it was that I felt the Lord wanted of me at the time, that I'd pray and encourage others to do the same, that I'd pray for my country and it's leaders, and then just stay out of it, leaving the nasty mess of government to the Lord and the people that didn't mind playing that crooked game. With what little thought I gave it, I honestly believed that people (like me) who were sincerely trying to live their lives for God would never get called to take an actual active role in government because of all the deceit and lies and junk that were involved in even being able to get their voices heard. You know... that the changes that needed to happen in our country necessarily had to take place in the life of one person at a time getting their lives changed so that they would then change the way they voted to get the "best person for the job" into any particular given office. I think some of my attitude came from the preaching that I sat under for many years. I remember hearing sermon after sermon about how saving America was going to happen from behind America's pulpits, as the Lord led men of God to preach change into the hearts of men.

And now we have Barak Obama as president. This guy is so dad-gum scary, he and all his cronies, that I've been forced to rethink my thinking on this subject. I've been given an inkling through the years of the Godly heritage that we have as Americans. But thank God for Glenn Beck. He's given me even more information about the history of my great country and it's founders. And that makes me even madder to think that a clown like Obama could be holding such a sacred office as that of the presidency. Obama is obviously on a deliberate course to destroy this glorious nation, and to steal it's blessings away from me, my children, and my grandchildren. I don't want to stand silently by and watch that happen.

Maybe it's a blessing in disguise that B.O. (just look at those initials!) is president right now. By being who he is and doing what he's doing, I believe that more Americans than ever feel like I do. Men and women of my generation are realizing that it's up to us to fight against this kind of tyranny if our country is to be saved. Pounding a pulpit is not enough. Encouraging people to "change their hearts" is NOT enough. Hoping for the best is not enough. Staying out of the fight is NOT enough. Bill and I have been asking one another, "What are we to do? What can we do?" And I am sincerely asking the Lord to show us what He wants us to do to join the fight to save the USA.

I am more convinced than ever that we need men like our Founding Fathers to step up to the plate and lead us, so that ungodly jerks like B.O. don't have any positions to fill with their ungodly ideas. We are in desperate need of men who are not afraid, and who understand the NEED to mix politics with their religion. Men who will understand the holding of a political office as a call of God to save a nation, for God and His purposes of liberty. If we don't fight for our freedoms in this way, we will surely lose them. I am very, very afraid of our losing them.

Well... all that being said.... that's all I have time for right now! I'll be back later! Lots to think about!