Gird your loins, conservatives

We will rejoice and be glad in it!

(Pslam 118:24)

I called on the LORD in distress;
The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.
The LORD is on my side;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
The LORD is for me among those who help me;
Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me.
It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the LORD

Than to put confidence in princes.

(Pslam 118: 5-9)

AS Christians we have a God who comforts, heals, teaches and leads us in our daily lives. We need not be down or worried. Jesus is our light not the government. Today is also the day the LORD has made we shall go on and be glad in it!

King David faced a difficlut time when his son from Bathsheba was ill and on his death bead.

“And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became ill. David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them” (II Samuel 12:15-17).

We all worked hard to get the message out about Obama.

We tried to warn the people of the United States of America. Now the election is over and we can take some time to reflect. I for one am at peace. God has allowed the people of America to vote themselves a raise. The electorate has spoken. We can relax a little and realize that God’s will has been done. We can get back to work now. As Christians we can get back to the work of sharing the Good News of the Gospel. In the coming months many Americans will come to see the truth about this “unknown” President. They will need us to comfort and teach them about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As Christians we must remain diligent in doing God’s work. It is time to get up off of the floor and get back to work.

David’s son died; David went back to work.

When David saw that his servants were whispering, David perceived that the child was dead. Therefore David said to his servants,

“Is the child dead?” And they said, “He is dead.”

So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate. Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child died, you arose and ate food.”

And he said, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who can tell whether the LORD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’ But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” (II Samuel 12:19-23)

It is not time for us to weep, it is time for us to rejoice in the Lord.

The election is finished, we cannot bring about a new result; It is time for us to look ahead and be optimistic. Others will be watching us, at work, at home, at school. We must not become bitter like the Bush haters of the last eight years. We must stand strong and be gracious and forgiving for those around us who would gloat. This is the time to show what a Christian is all about. The Lord has laid the table for us, he has given us a great opportunity to show the worldly that we are different, that we do not blame, pout, attack, or degrade; we get back to work!

Our Reward is ahead of us, rejoice in the day that the Lord has Made.

For out of death came Solomon,

Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her. So she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Now the LORD loved him, and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

(II Samuel 12: 24-25)

So get up Christians, Stand, and be ready for the long battle ahead.

We have today to begin to show how Christians live to

our co-workers, our families, our friends,

To America and To the world.

Today we rejoice, tomorrow we rejoice and fight the good fight again,

We must be ready to comfort those who become disillusioned over the coming years. We must be once again diligent in teaching others about our Lord. We must use our time to educate the people about the world and the secular direction our country is going. It will be a hard lesson for many. We must pray and have an answer ready to explain the hope that is in us.

For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world,

and loses his own soul?

Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

(Matthew 16:26)

AMEN!

(riggword)

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Michelle Malkin gets back to work:

Lead Story

By Michelle Malkin • November 5, 2008 01:05 AM

There is no time to lick wounds, point fingers, and wallow in post-election mud.

I’m getting a lot of moan-y, sad-face “What do we do now, Michelle?” e-mails.

What do we do now? We do what we’ve always done.

We stand up for our principles, as we always have — through Democrat administrations and Republican administrations, in bear markets or bull markets, in peacetime and wartime.

We stay positive and focused.

We keep the faith. (Amen, More Malkin)

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Hot Air adds:

Congratulations, Obama

posted at 11:37 pm on November 4, 2008 by Allahpundit

One of the last things Dean Barnett said to me was that, as best he could tell, Barack Obama is “a good guy and a decent man.” I don’t think he’d mind me telling you that, especially under the circumstances. It’s a testament to his generosity of spirit that even in the heat of a campaign, with every reason to think the worst of his opponent, Dean couldn’t help but give him the benefit of the doubt. That’s Barnett all over, and that’s what made him an indispensable man whom we’ve been forced, horrendously, to dispense with.

I offer that as comfort to those of you who have no faith in The One but who do have faith in, and abiding affection for, DB. My guess is he’d have handled the news tonight with the same magnanimity that distinguished all of his writing. So in that spirit, congratulations to Barry O on a race superbly run and to our country for not having let the wrong reasons deter it from making the wrong choice. I’ll never be a fan, but I swear I’ll never take a nutroots posture either in relishing his failures because it helps my party. Like it or not, he’s my president. As a great man once said, country first.

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Election Updates

From Malkin:

Squeakers: Franken/Coleman, Rossi/Gregoire, Merkley/Smith, Stevens/Begich, Prop. 8, Colorado’s Amendment 46, Chambliss/Martin

By Michelle Malkin • November 5, 2008 03:30 AM

Some late-night election updates for you:

*The Minnesota Senate race pitting the nation’s unfunniest comedian against Norm Coleman is a dead heat at 42-42. There’s talk of a recount.

*In a reprise of 2004, the Washington state gubernatorial race is a squeaker. Democrat incumbent Christine Gregoire is holding a premature celebration; GOP challenger upstart Dino Rossi, who lost by 133 votes last time, is not conceding.

*California’s gay marriage ban, Prop. 8, is too close to call:

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Southern Appeal has this reflection on the election:

GOOD ADVICE!

Filed under: 2008
By Joel L (Email) @ 11:52 pm

From the Corner:

11) Unlike the Democrats, let’s show some class in defeat. That doesn’t mean lie down and roll over: it means fighting for what we believe in, doubly so now. But their sneering childishness is not for us; and now that they’ve won, they won’t be able to control it even in victory. This is an unlovely party filled with unlovely people, as America’s about to find out once the Obama pixie dust wears off. (read it Here)

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One more thought from Hot Air:

That’s what elections are for

posted at 8:19 am on November 5, 2008 by Ed Morrissey

Congratulations go to Barack Obama for his victory last night.  He did what few Democrats have managed to do this century: win majorities in both popular vote and the Electoral College.  Bill Clinton couldn’t do that in either election, and he was one of the most gifted politicians of this era.

Having gone through more than a few presidential elections, I tend to be more philosophical about their outcomes.  Winning is never a complete blessing, and defeat is rarely a complete disaster.  As I told people last night, we survived Jimmy Carter, who got elected with a similar “change” wind at his back after Watergate and the Vietnam War. He also had large Congressional majorities, and the Fairness Doctrine had been firmly in place for decades.

I hope that Obama turns out to be a better President than Carter, not for Obama’s sake but for the country’s sake.  Christopher Buckley and other conservatives engaged in some wishful thinking by claiming that his victory would somehow lead him to become centrist rather than a liberal ideologue once in office.  Obama has always been pragmatic, as his campaign showed; it will be up to us to work to get that to happen. (more Hot Air)