Loss of a brother...loss of a nation

Ever have a close friend who suddenly backs off? It is a little awkward and sad. I just had that very thing happen to me. It's hard sometimes. A friend can even be doing the mostly godly thing and what even you know he (or she) is supposed to do, but when you lose a brother (or sister) it is still hard.

That point aside...

I would like to mention the spiritual state of our nation and the role of Christians in it. I recently began asking a few of my fellow students around campus about what the most important issue was to them in the upcoming election. I got many different responses. "The economy, the war, health care, abortion, etc." Interestingly enough my pastor recently spoke on the same topic.

My pastor stated that, "God is not interested in the state of our comfort." God is not interested in our financial state. He is Jehovah Jireh, the God who always provides. He is interested in children whose hearts are turned towards their heavenly Father. I think it is interesting how sometimes we (Christians) seem to forget about the sovereign power of God to accomplish his perfect will in our lives and in our nation. We become ultra absorbed with politicians and their issues that we forget that indeed "The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will."

All for now...