Pray for Obama

At the Good News Chapel, Jack's Pastoral prayer each week includes the leaders of our nation, including local, provincial and our federal government. We also pray for other world leaders, including the president of the United States. While I try to keep out of politics, I have been intrigued to watch reactions of people, both to Bush's leadership and to the long long long election campaign.

Although the Canadian electoral system has brevity on it's side, I'm glad they're both over, so we can get back to the business of running North America! I'm glad for the US' sake that they have a half-black president. I believe that will go a long way to restoring the racial tension that still exists, although the civil war was so long ago. And I'm glad for individuals who made the commitment to vote, their very act keeping our system of democracy, and therefore, freedom, alive.

I don't much care who people vote for. You're going to vote for someone that speaks to your need. If you are pro-choice you may vote one way. If you're homosexual, you may vote to show your solidarity to a candidate who will attempt to push gay marriage through for you. If you adore peace at all costs, you'll vote for a pacifist, and so on. Who we vote for it going to reflect our personal priorities and values.

And that is the beauty of the system, isn't it? This brings me to my point. Why do we, as Christians, vote for men and women, then, when they do something we don't agree with, begin the bashing. Bush bashing has been a huge ugly mar on the Christian church of America. I'm disappointed and appalled that someone could spend more time complaining about their president than praying for them.

It's a charge to all of us voting Christians: stop complaining and start praying! God wants us to uphold our leaders in prayer, to support them at least in that. If you spend more time praying for your country and it's president, perhaps God will choose to bless America.