'LOVE Will Keep Us Together!

I've been wanting to see a movie and was able to sneak out and see it. It's a movie about a young man who is now an adult who was dealt a harsh hand of cards in life and sad to say grew up as many men today without the presence of their Dad. The movie went on to tell about his life and focused alot on his family and how and where he grew up. The Dad had many dreams that don't fit what we call 'The American Dream' of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. In addition, much attention was given to the idea of the 'belief system' (core values) of this man, his family, his son seems that dreams are made of control and government control. The government would take care of you, there was no need to explore your dreams, what you were created to be, all you need to do is rely on the government and it didn't seem God was part of the picture. After the young man's Dad passed away, he (the young man) made a vow to do great things to see his Dad's dreams come true and ultimately make his Dad proud. The movie started at 1:40. I didn't make it in until 1:55. As the movie progressed, my stomach started to knot up and I began to get really nauseous. As I was watching, I realized my personal core values were really being attacked as well as this young man seemed like a lost soul and my heart was aching terribly for him. I sat there for a few more minutes and had to leave. I walked out shaking almost like I had just received the news of the death of a loved one. Remember, my calling in life is Chaplain. I learned to love no matter what. My top 5 strengths per the Strengthfinder 2.0 assessment are strategic, belief, responsibility, empathy, and individualization. When I got in the car, I started crying. it was like the core of my stomach was on fire. The good news is, no one had died. The sad news is, I felt I had just met this young man and if that were the case, I would reach out to him and extend the Jesus type love I believe he needs. Unfortunately, I don't think he's available right now for a meeting. You see, the young man in the movie is our current President, Barack Obama. For me, the movie has less affect on me getting out to vote (as I will) but it has more affect on the reality that this IS our current President. I'm extremely concerned for him and the direction he is being led to lead our country in. No matter what happens in November, he is still going to be our President until mid January 2013. There is quite alot of time for him to make decisions that will affect our lives in really scary ways. Mark 12:29-31 Jesus tells us: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. And, Love your neighbor as yourself.' Today, I am asking you to pray for this man, for God to heal his wounds from childhood, to rebuke all generational curses, for him to be set free to be the Man created him to be. We are called to Love him no matter what. Ultimately, my hope is to see God's dream for him to be fulfilled. Not so much his Dad's dream, but for him to be able to live The American Dream of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of a happiness he would seek for himself and his family. I pray we began to we lift him up as the Leader of our great country and we unite as a Nation that acts like it is One Nation Under God. We can't do anything about the past, but we can begin today to pray to extend the true 'agape' love we are called to extend. This is not a love that is my way, your way, but as Believer's in God, it is HIS way. Right now, when you look at the direction our political races have started to become, with the mud swingin'~name callin'~slanderous tv add's, I'm reminded of recess back when I was in elementary school. The problem is we were kids then and we're adults now. I don't understand why we have to stoop to the level of the other guy and join in with the ugliness. We've become a country that is divided in both DC as well as in our homes. If the candidate is fulfilling their calling of running for office and they are led to run for this office for the right reason, why are they appearing insecure? Remember-evil can't get you if you don't let it. In reference to this political season~if you are reading this and you don't feel your voice is being heard or you matter, you don't have enough money to make a difference, please know that is not the truth. You matter. We are all products of the environment we grew up in. It's time to stand up to what YOU believe. You have the ability to match up your own core value's and line those up with some of the candidate's. This is how you know who might want to vote for. If there is no one who share's your value's/belief's, then know maybe it's YOU who needs to fill that spot! I completely believe if you desire to live in America, then you must live by what our Founding Father's originally intended-period. Our country was founded on Christian belief's. We have a Constitution that has been written of which we are called to live by and we have a Bible written by God written exclusively to be lived by! If you don't agree, there are many other countries you might consider moving too. Again, please here my heart, I ask again, we as a Nation come together to love one another as our neighbor as we are One Nation Under God for it is In God We Trust to remember what it truly means to be The 'United' States of America! As you know...Trusting God for All!