Resurrection Celebration!

It was an awesome Easter Sunday, beginning with a small group gathered in what will be our new sanctuary (when it's completed) for Sunrise Service at 7:00 a.m.  The acoustics in that place are amazing right now, with no carpet or seating.  There's no need for amplification.  We sang some Old Easter Hymns, celebrating the Resurrection, and simply worshiped our Living Lord together.  God's Presence was AWESOME, and the sunrise  service set the tone for the entire day!  On my way back to the house before Sunday School, I stopped at the Convenience Store near the interstate, and before I leaving responded to the need of the store manager by bowing my head and praying aloud at the front counter for the needs she mentioned.  I know it was a public place, but I still had the wonderful awareness of God's presence, and believe He really wanted her to know how much He cares for her (the manager).  Our Sunday School and Morning Worship Services were a continuation of this outpouring of His Presence, as we celebrated Jesus Christ the first fruits of the Resurrection!  My heart danced before the Lord as we worshiped together.

The GOP Race

In case your interested, I thought I need to comment about the GOP primary race.  Many of you know that I continue to support Rick Santorum, not because I agree with him 100%, but because he is the closest of the remaining GOP candidates to my values, and I believe that values will determine the kind of leadership we will have in 2012.  Santorum is the strongest candidate in the race on issues that matter most to me.

I am, however, concerned about a number of things that I need to address.  When you look at how the numbers have been stacking up and realize that even when Romney wins, most of the time more than 50 - 60 percent do not vote for him.  Real conservatives just don't have a passion for him, but if the nomination can be bought, he seems to be the one who has the money to buy it.  It just makes me wonder what the outcome might have been if real conservatives could have narrowed the competition to just one candidate against Romney.  Unfortunately it appears that some conservatives are beginning to bail, as the window get smaller.  I will however continue to encourage folks to vote values and principles, even if we don't win.  The GOP must hear the voices Christian Values and Godly Principles that have defined the Right for so long.  The more the message is watered down, the more difficult it is to tell the difference between the political parties. 

Pray for our nation.  We need someone to defeat the most un-Biblical President America has ever had.  We need REAL CHANGE in America now more than ever before!