Who are you going to vote for in this election?

 This is NOT a political blog and I am NOT going to attack anybody in particular here, but God has put something in my heart I want to share with everyone who reads this, to think about before giving someone his approval.

We are going through a very difficult moment in which WE the people have to take a decision of who is going to lead this great nation we live in. Thanks be to God we have the privilege to do it and whoever denies himself that, is being naïve and unwise. Some have said this is the most important election we are having. I think that for one reason or another they all have been “the most important” because directly or indirectly all the elections have brought us to the moment we live now which some consider a disaster and others consider “the best ever.”

I do not know what you, as a voter, take into consideration to give certain candidate something as valuable as your vote, but I would like you to analyze it. I have heard the dirtiest and offensive campaign ever. Is it about important issues? Actually, we are acting like ill-bred, spoiled children who justify their behavior with the “biggest weapon”. That is why I was reluctant to take action but I started to think that if I do not, I might fall in the same disaster I fled from. God created us with a brain to think and examine things that happen and not to repeat vain lies we hear around, even by famous people who only look for their own interest.  There was a saying in the country I left that a lie repeated many times becomes a truth, and that’s why I went to ask God, who according to my belief is up in control of everything, and He put in my heart something Jesus said once:

“But what do you think? ‘A man had two sons and he came to the first and said: Son go work today in the vineyard.’ “And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went. The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘ I will, sir’; but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” (Mathew 21.28-31a)

It is not that vital what we say, but what we finally do, and most importantly, that we do the WILL of the FATHER. He has given us intelligence to use it and we can decide what’s best for us, for our families, children and grandchildren. What kind of world are we leaving them? That is why it is so important that we go and vote so nobody else but us, the live citizens, decide.

And if “In God we trust” really, we should vote His Agenda and not the devil’s. Ask God and He will let you know who will do His will.

The fool has said in his heart “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice. There is no one who does good. (Psalm 53.1)

Do not fret because evildoers, be not envious toward wrongdoers, for they will wither quickly like the grass, and fade like the green herb.

 (Psalm 37.1,2)

The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrated the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.

 (Psalm 33. 10-12)

GOD SAYS

If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven. will forgive their sin and WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.

(II Chronicles7. 13,14)

                 GOD, BLESS AMERICA!!!

Do Black lives really matter?

                          

Of course they matter, but not only Black. Like the song we used to sing says:  “Red and Yellow, Black or White, all are precious in His sight. . .”

        The lyrics that precede the song “Everything is Beautiful” are from a song I used to sing when I was a child on Sunday School:  “Jesus Loves the little children,” and there I was taught that God is Love and He loves everyone the same, no matter what they look like, or the language they speak, or even  what they do (although we know that if we love Him, we would do what He likes of us.) And His love for anyone is so true that when His Son was being crucified by the ones in power He interceded for them: Father, forgive them,for they do not know what they are doing (Luke 23.34) and that is real love. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5.8)

 As part of a minority community I feel discriminated with that particular statement because I feel like I do not matter to whoever thought of it. To me it was purposely implying to make a division where God’s goodness had asked us to love one another. But like a phrase I’ve heard “Divide and you shall conquer,” the spokesman followed the mean advice. And if every one who belongs to a particular community thinks like I do, and if we think that the particular person should apologize for it, he or she must prepare to do a lot of talking. Actually, I do not care whether that person cares for my people or not. The only One I care about is Jesus who is the only One who really LOVES everybody the same.

I used to like it better when the phrase used was “Black is Beautiful” because it didn’t strike me as better, but simply good, and we are all good. God created all of us to his image and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1) He created us different, though so we could identify ourselves and show the world our own trait and talent. God gave us the talent to do good and not bad, to build up and not destroy, to try to teach good morals and not to tag people for their differences. We were good but someone lied and the woman  believed and made us all sinners. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3.23) We do not deserve the kingdom He wants to give us. But if we dare to accept Him and His teachings that are all in the Bible and are good for everyone, we can become part of his family with the shedding of His blood which makes us pure. Someone I once knew said, “Colors are not the skin’s shades, but one’s attitude towards life. If we trust God we’ll have a good one and can be sure of our great destiny. And what is the good attitude?  To be “born again” which means to completely change our bad habits and embrace the goodness for all in ministering the good news to others so they do not have to perish eternally, to love one another by not harming anyone, to give a good name to our communities by backing God, and not evil.

Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (I Peter 1. 3-5)