Jun 19 2009
The Line in the Sand
You know that imaginary line in the sand everyone’s always talking about? Well, it’s been drawn by liberals who will soon be daring us to step over it. So what will we do?
For years we as both conservative Americans and believers have ducked our responsibility to speak out, worried that it would somehow make people think less of us, or even incite persecution, but hey, it’s here. We either defend it or lose it.
And you know what? I’m tired of being told to shut up and sit down. I’m tired of hiding, worried about what’s going to happen next. Jesus bled and died for me, so I’m going to stand up and shout from the rooftops that right is right and wrong is wrong, because God said so, and I agree.
What’s wrong with being violently holy? Not holier-than- thou holy, but positively secure in the knowledge that we have nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing to apologize for.
And just think what we’ll lose if we fail. They want to close our churches, people! They want to stifle our pastors from preaching the Word of God! They want to shut the mouths of Rush Limbaugh and those who defend our freedoms! We dare not let this happen.
So what if people think badly of us? The kind who do that aren’t the kind whose opinion we should care about anyway. And it’s more important that when we answer to God we have clear consciences and can say, “I’ve kept the faith without wavering.”
Now is the time to send in those email petitions, make those phonecalls and faxes, and not become weary in well-doing, because we’ll have the rest of our lives to regret it if we don’t.
Jesus is the only one we need to impress, the only one whose opinion counts, and if we ask He’ll strengthen us, putting that rod of iron in our backbone that shouts to the world, “NO COMPROMISE!”
Join me. Refuse to back down. Refuse to be silenced. Share the gospel in a loving way with anyone who will listen, and get mad at the devil and with evil enough to speak out against it. As wise president, Teddy Roosevelt once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” And as Jesus said, “Fear not he who can kill the body, but he who can kill both body and soul.” (Author paraphrase.)
The worst thing I can think of is lying down and letting evil men take over. If we do that, we will have no one to blame but ourselves. We have a powerful, life-changing message the world is desperate to hear, so let’s get about our Father’s business as if it’s a life or death deal, because, believe me–it is.
Because of His great love,
Nancy
