VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!!

Hi Everybody,

It's hard to believe that Election Day is tomorrow (or today by the time you read this)!! We've all been looking forward to it (or not) for a long time, and now it's finally here! November 4th is also my brother Daniel's 12th birthday, so I'll be posting about that later this week, hopefully.

Here's some challenging words I got in an e-mail today:

Our country faces unprecedented dangers. From the illegal, unconstitutional wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to the runaway federal spending and the disastrous so-called 'bailouts', we struggle to maintain the vestiges of a Republic our founders fought so hard to secure.

Now, as we prepare to cast our vote for president and vice president, let us remember:

Chuck Baldwin is the ONLY candidate on the ballot who is 100% pro-life, pro-secure borders, against the USA PATRIOT Acts, and against the wars!

Chuck Baldwin is the only candidate who has the coveted A rating from Gun Owners of American and pro-secure borders group Numbers USA.

Chuck Baldwin: your principles- your candidate!

I guess ya'll know who I'm voting for! :-)

Here's a couple of good sites that I would HIGHLY encourage you to look at:

http://www.visionforum.com/hottopics/blogs/dwp/2008-VoterGuide.pdf
http://jonathanjbartlett.blogspot.com/
http://visionarydaughters.com/2008/10/qa-regarding-our-position-on-sarah-palin

I guess you can't click on these links because Blogger isn't working, so just copy and paste them.

The words written on that last blog (by the Botkin sisters) are so important that I'm going to paste some of them right here on my blog:

Q: Isn’t a vote for anyone other than McCain/Palin a wasted vote?

A: No. We waste our vote when we vote in panic, in fear of something other than God. When we vote with the expectation that God sees the obedience in our decision, our vote is never wasted.

We must answer to God for every vote we cast. Our vote is not an idle pronouncement. It may be private, but God knows precisely what we have done and why we have done it. Our vote reveals the essence of our faith or our unbelief, and we will be held accountable for our vote. If we vote for McCain/Palin, we clearly violate biblical standards, endorse a clearly unqualified administration, and invite clearly-written Biblical sanctions on ourselves and on our country. Disobeying Scripture is never the way to attempt to fix our imperiled nation, even if it seems like a responsible emergency solution. Our chief concern should be Who is on the Throne, rather than who is in the White House. Our modus operandi should start with sincere and more consistent, biblical obedience in our own lives, homes, and churches. Our strategy for national reformation needs to begin with the understanding that America’s problems cannot be fixed in one election or one presidential term – we need to look at the present crisis in the context of the past and the future. It was the compromises of Christians decades ago that brought us where we are today; we must consider the consequences our voting compromises today may have long after this election is over, when our children will have to reap what we have sown.

God is stronger than the evils that can be caused by the unprincipled conduct of Obama or McCain. If we remember this, we won’t be afraid of voting on principle — we will be afraid of voting any other way.

In the spirit of the Deuteronomy verse we quoted before, we need not worry about the “secret things” which belong to the Lord, but instead the “things which are revealed.” The marvelous works which God has ordained in the future are hidden in His inscrutable counsel, but He has given to us and our children a sure Word which we are called to obey. We are to “do all the words of this law” — this same law which commands us to choose only qualified men to hold civil office.

So, get out there and vote tomorrow!!

Hannah

P.S. And don't forget to pray for our country and those in leadership - we sure need it!