Me, too, Jen, but Christian will become stronger as a result. Bring it on!
Phil.
----- Original Message -----
From: "jenifer gilley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: Concerned
> Phil.
>
> Truer words have not been spoken! When I heard the news that he was our
> president... I was depressed. No... more than depressed. I was
devastated.
> Still am! Did I love McCane? I liked him. He had more morals and values
> than Obama did. America is becoming an immoral Godless nation, and we
will
> be judged! How can we elect as our leader, one who will so willingly
> out&out murder the unborn... whether it be by partial birth, or regular
> abortion? How can we elect as our leader one who is so willing to
overturn
> the sacred values of marriage to include the homosexuals or lesbians? How
> can we elect one as our leader who is laughing at the Christian faith, or
> say that the Bible is outdated? How can we elect as our leader one who
has
> known ties to terrorism... whether it be in the past or present? I am
> terrified where our nation is going to go during the next four years!
> Jenifer Gilley
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 12:24 PM
> Subject: Concerned
>
>
> >I am a Concerned American Voting Citizen
> >
> > By Phil Scovell
> >
> >
> > I followed the primaries this time more than I ever have
> > before and I am a Ronald Reagan conservative. I may even be more
> > conservative than he was but he likely will be the greatest
> > president in my lifetime. Now, fast forward to the present day.
> >
> > As I write this, a man of mixed race, who prefers being
> > addressed as an afro American, even when he is half white and half
> > black, has been elected to be the president of the United States.
> > No, I did not vote for him nor could I. I am not a political
> > socialist, I do not believe in any form of Marxism, Leninism,
> > Maoism, Communism, and most other isms, come to think of it, that
> > fall outside the political scheme of open and free capitalistic
> > governments which are representative republics. I also have a
> > strong affinity for religious freedom, freedom of speech, that is,
> > the first amendment, gun ownership, the second amendment, and I
> > could go on and on so I'll stop with the amendments at this point
> > and just say, I am a constitutionalist. No, I don't believe it is
> > an inspired document, as the Bible being the Word of God, but I do
> > believe God ordained the penning of the constitution and
> > furthermore, I believe He ordained the creation of this country
> > and its government. I am also what some call pro life, or more
> > specifically, anti abortion. I am the father of a daughter, who
> > has two fine children, but who, to my knowledge, has had at least
> > one abortion. We, her father and mother, learned about it after
> > the fact. She was an adult, married, and living away from home at
> > the time she made her decision. No, I couldn't have stopped her
> > at the time even if I had known of it because she was an adult. I
> > could, of course, talk about what I believe, and don't believe,
> > politically, page after page but I won't. Needless to say, I
> > cannot, nor will I ever, vote for anyone who believes abortion
> > isn't the killing of the innocent. If you are not a Bible
> > believing, born again Christian, you may not understand why I said
> > what I just stated but I can't help it if you are unable to meet
> > me half way and accept me as a free American citizen who has the
> > right to vote.
> >
> > After it was officially announced our new president elect
> > was Barak Obama, I was greatly disappointed for all of the reason
> > mentioned above and more. On the other hand, I have two adopted
> > grandchildren of mixed races. I don't ever think of them more
> > black than Mexican or more Mexican than American Indian, or more
> > American Indian than black. I trust you get my drift. It doesn't
> > matter, in other words, to me. I do care if you cannot prove,
> > when you are running for office in this country, if you are an
> > American citizen, American born, in order to fulfill the
> > constitutional requirements of the United states. Yes, I even
> > care if you live in this country illegally. I do care about the
> > other issues I personally believe in as both an American but most
> > importantly, as a born again Christian. With all this said, let
> > me also tell you how I felt after the election.
> >
> > I felt proud to be an American. The system still works. I
> > was proud to live in a country, where in my lifetime, a black man
> > could be elected as the president in a free election by the
> > people. I also thought, since I was alive when Martin Luther King
> > Junior was shot and killed, how I wished he had been able to
> > witness how far we have come since his famous, "I Have A Dream,"
> > speech which is still just as inspirational to me today as it was
> > so many decades ago. I also felt the need to pray for this new
> > president probably more than any president I have ever prayed for
> > in my 56 years of life. With that in mind, we all should pray for
> > our country more than we ever have because I believe Jesus is
> > coming in my lifetime and perhaps much sooner than we think. I
> > personally plan on seeing Him for myself when He comes because of
> > the promise I quote below.
> >
> > 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
> > that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world
> > knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
> > 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet
> > appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear,
> > we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
> >
> >
> > Believing Is The Truth Spoken
> > SafePlaceFellowship.com
> >
>
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