I found this note on facebook from a friend of a friend. i thought his points were excellent. as we go through this very different season he reminds us of what our true focus should be...


First President Elect of ColorShare
Wed 1:31pm
It’s an honor to experience history in motion—my generation was able to see the first President elect of Color. A few generations ago, African-Americans were not even allowed to vote. This is a joyous occasion, to see the walls of segregation and inequality fall even more.

However, I’m frustrated that this race, in many ways, became about race.
I’ve heard many conversations of people discussing everything but the issues and crises of this nation as determiners of their vote. This bothers me.

Last night, Sen. Barack Obama became the President elect for America, but I’m still having a hard time believing that it happened—it’s all quite surreal.

I’m frustrated and confused why the American people would elect a man with certain stances and discrepancies:

• He has never proven his U.S. Citizenship (in light of him protecting his illegal aunt, I feel this is a legitimate issue)
• His “spread the wealth” terminology is clearly Marxist
• Sen. Biden acknowledged that their election would invite an international attack within the first six months
• His connections with a Racist church intent on putting down the “white devils”
• His political ties and riotous strategies for past Kenya elections
• His threats to “bankrupt” America’s coal companies (This supplies 50% of America’s electricity. With higher taxes, gas, and electricity, Americans are going to have a hard time paying for anything and everything)

And many more issues.

I’m frustrated that my generation has seen the death of journalism. From Fox to ABC, every media corporation exudes a bias. After every presidential debate, one could predict that Fox would say Sen. McCain won and ABC said Sen. Obama won. Newspapers like the New York Times explicitly communicated support of Sen. Obama. This is ridiculous. Every vessel of communication has been tainted. Don’t believe me?

Do you realize that, under President Bush’s administration, weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq. He could have exonerated himself, but knew that terrorist organizations would attempt to seize the materials, so he hid them and sent them to Canada. The AP published this article, but most of America hasn’t heard about this. Most of America hasn’t heard about the successes in the middle-east. Why? Because we’ve seen the death of journalism. Nobody wanted to vindicate P. Bush’s administration—it would cost too much.

Our nation is going to change. Is it the change we want?

As a Christian, though, I’m not worried. I’m frustrated, angry, upset, concerned and braced to respond to issues of ministers forced to conduct homosexual marriages, recession in abortion, communist momentum, international weakness and poor economics, but I’m not worried.

As Christians, I think we sometimes depend too much on earthly government for righteous change. The world will only change for the better under one condition: hearts are changed.
For some reason, we’ve bought into the notion that laws will change a person, but that’s not true. Yes, as a nation we have invited death and immorality and we will be judged for this. But, in order to reverse this, it will not happen through the law—it will happen through changed hearts. Laws on molestation, crime and murder have increased, though we haven’t seen too much of a change. Why? Because hearts haven’t been changed.

It’s hard to expect someone raised in a post-Christian, neo-barbarian, nation to live up to imposed Christian ideals without having the heart behind it. Most of this generation can’t name half of the ten commandments, yet we expect them to live by it. In Acts 17, the apostles were accused of “turning the world upside down.” Not because they endorsed new legislation, but because they translated citizens from earthly kingdoms to the Heavenly Kingdom. The laws of abortion become irrelevant when a nation is discipled (as Mt. 28:19 commands us to do) with a conviction for life. The laws of murder become irrelevant when a nation is discipled with a conviction for life.

I feel like I’m rambling, but I’m confident that if we spend more time advancing THE KINGDOM, the kingdoms of this earth will develop as a by-product. This gives me hope. I see God running after souls and calling a generation to higher standard of holiness, activism and purpose. When people like you actually start leading others to Christ and training them to make disciples of all nations, we will see the change in America that we’re looking for.

God wants hearts, not civil obedience. Christianity is the great civilizer and moralizer of the Earth. As we do our part in the great commission, we will see our nation changed. Though I don’t see many Christians playing their part in the great commission, I do see some and I have hope that the LORD can use a minority to change the nation and the nations. God bless America.

-Pradeepan