Dear family and friends,
I am writing this letter because my heart is so heavy and burdened for the division and the hatred and the bitterness that has been brewing over differing political points of view.
I want to explain to you who I am voting for in the upcoming presidential election. I do not appreciate the personality or the background of either candidate, therefore I began to look at what issues are important to me and that is the way I will vote. (not on personality but platform issues.)
Having watched many hours of news both conservative, neutral, British, network and after watching many of the committees live sessions, I began to seek from God’s Word the issues important to me and to the future of my family and extended family.
Many say God shouldn’t be brought into politics but over and over in the Bible you will find scriptures contrary to that thought.
Psalm 33:12 “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as His heritage!
Acts 17:26 “And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place.”
Psalm 89:11 “The heavens are Thine, the earth also is Thine. The world and all it contains, Thou hast founded them.”
I Timothy 2:1-15
ABORTION
Psalm 100:3 “Know that the Lord Himself is God! It is He who has made us and not we ourselves. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”
Psalm 139: 15-16 “My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret. And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them.
HOMOSEXUALITY
Genesis 2:18 “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
Institution of marriage as husband and wife, man and women.
Genesis 2:18-25
“And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. And the man gave names to all the cattle, and to all the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. So, the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. And the Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man and brought her to the man. And the man said, ‘ This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.; For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
Leviticus 18: 22-24 “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; It is an abomination. Also, you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it is a perversion.”
RACIAL EQUALITY (the constitution gives racial equality)
John 8:31-36 “Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, ‘If you abide in My Word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.’ They answered Him, ‘We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You shall become free’?” “Jesus answered them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. And the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.’ If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.”
IMMIGRATION
My thoughts on immigration. I love the legal immigration idea because almost all of the original people came and settled, and the process began. But how would a new nation take care of all the ones coming in? How would they feed themselves and their families? They were able because of the abundance of the land. Then laws went into place for those coming because this nation couldn’t provide for all the ones who wanted to come. Now, it is the same. We still are obligated to provide and care for all those within our boundaries and assist with emergencies as a good neighbor to other suffering nations. BUT, the guidelines are in place for those coming into this nation. That is as it should be because we the people will be accountable through our taxes to care for their needs. Is it fair to load our country with illegal refugees that we must be taxed more, work more hours to feed our own family, and be asked to give up hospitals, doctors care, school participation, food banks, law and fire protection, housing in order to care for them. As a Christian, the Bible teaches us to give and take care of refugees and I want to be a caring person; How much can I give? Where is the stopping point for those coming in? I believe that nations have boundaries for reasons. In a perfect world, the money we sent to the countries to assist them would actually help the individuals and they could stay in their own homeland.
We have laws in place for a reason.
THE BORDER WALL
Revelation 21:12-19 describes a wall around the city of heaven.
In the book of Nehemiah, he was asked by God to rebuilt the wall around Jerusalem after it was attacked and torn down by enemies. Why? God so ordered it and used Nehemiah, as leader and organizer to prevent attacks from enemies and the looting, crime, the engagement of foreign gods and the intrusion without law and order.
TRADE AGREEMENTS
I believe there is a trade imbalance. It would help with the imports from other countries, especially China if this was addressed. Trade bill would benefit USA companies.
Lowering taxes to USA businesses that seek lower hourly wages in other countries would help bring back USA businesses to our own soil.
Deuteronomy 25:13-16 “You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. You shall have a full and just weight, you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord you God gives you. For everyone who does these things, everyone who acts unjustly is an abomination to the Lord your God.”
CREATING JOBS
Proverbs 14:23 “In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.”
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 “For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now, such persons, we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.”
I Timothy 5:8, Genesis 2:15 Proverbs 6:6-8. Psalm 128:2
GLOBAL WARMING
Genesis 1:28 “And God blessed them; and God said to them, ‘be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Genesis 2:15 “Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.”
Psalm 95:4-6 “In HIS hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights of the hills are His also. The sea is His, for He made it; and His hands formed the dry land. …Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.”
CONSTITUTION
Romans 13:1-3a “Let every person be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore, he who resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil.”
LAW AND ORDER
Romans 13:1-3a “Let every person be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore, he who resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil.”
I Peter 2:13 “Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme.”
ISRAEL
Joel 3:2 “I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land.”
Genesis 12:1-20 “I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (God speaking to Abraham)
To sum this up, we are all still humans and make mistakes. If we are Christians, we are on different levels in our walk with the Lord. I don’t like the personality of Trump or Biden. However, Trump has accepted Christ into his life since taking office and he has surrounded himself with Christian believers: Mike Pence, Sarah Huckabee, the Spoke person for Trump,, Kayleigh McEnany, has given her testimony to the reporters. I am sure there are many more. I do know he also calls an all-day prayer meeting once a month in the oval office with several preachers such as Franklin Graham and David Jeremiah. I do believe there is a chance he might consult the Lord for directions.