"Dem Ol Crats!"

I've been avoiding television all week like the plague. I just don't want to hear about the Democratic Convention, Barak Obama, the Clintons, Hollywood, or anything of that immoral sentiment. Now, I know, the Republicans aren't squeaky clean, either, but they do lean more toward the upper end of moral decency than those "Dem Ol Crats!"

So.... every time a news cast comes on about the DNC or any of....'them', I turn the channel real fast. I just know 'they're' spying on me to see what I'll do! Funny thing is, as soon as I turn the channel, the next station starts in on the same thing! Sigh. What's the world coming to?

We're in a real pickle, folks. How do we vote this time? I'm praying real hard over this one! Looks like we'll have to choose the lesser of two evils. Me....I'm still hoping the Lord comes back either before elections or the inauguration! My brother, Pat, and I had this conversation quite regularly for several months, and he'd laugh when I told him what I was hoping for. Then.... he died in February. Sure he could laugh! HE didn't have to worry about it!

I remember when Clinton was first running for office. Emily was 18 months old. Steve and I had gone to visit my brother Pat in Kentucky. That was around Halloween and someone from his church that year had stolen a "Vote for Clinton" sign and stuck it in his front yard! That was a prank that was hard to stomach. And those 8 years were constant heartburn. Fact is, we've been paying for those 8 years while our president Bush has been in office -- trying to clean up his predecessor's mess. It's no wonder we're in the condition we're in.

My husband hates it when I voice my political opinion at church, so I try to keep it down to a low roar. (Boy, is it hard!) But, when you're in our position, it IS important. Then, he has a guest youth speaker Sunday night who blatantly blasts the Democrats, and I looked at Steve and said, "You don't let ME do that!" He just shook his head. Poor guy.

So what's the point of this blog? It's simple. I just get a chance to let off steam. Then I get to preach. And here's what I 'preach'. Pray hard about who you vote to elect as our next president of the United States. Ever had a premonition about something? This is one premonition I can't shake..... we could be in DEEP trouble people. We are in a rapid descent of moral decline. How we vote will determine how much more rapidly we go down.... or up.

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." II Chron. 7:14.

Pray, people, pray!