tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post3856939918915000902..comments2024-02-02T05:53:59.845-05:00Comments on Praying for Grace: (11/9)...streamingBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747308009364094199noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-85202947373678290292012-11-18T03:05:42.263-05:002012-11-18T03:05:42.263-05:00Rip Van Winkle. yes! I SO often feel that way. ...Rip Van Winkle. yes! I SO often feel that way. so. often. And come on - we aren't THAT old. But the world has done a 180 in so many areas even since we were in school. Since we married! It's hard to wrap your head around it sometimes. <br /><br />I am not very political and truth be told, I was voting for whom I considered less bad vs my ideal candidate. I wasn't sure God thought that was best. Sometimes it actually just muddies the water in practice. So the outcome was not a complete shock. But yes, where He wants to go with this then still remains to be seen. Kim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676800348423123678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-66628822269152658812012-11-12T21:17:05.682-05:002012-11-12T21:17:05.682-05:00Barbara, my 27 year old son sent me a text message...Barbara, my 27 year old son sent me a text message the day after the election saying "We're doomed". I told him that we have to keep our faith and trust God. That same day my 35 yr. old son called talking about the election. He delivers water and when talking to some of his customers he told them, "As long as my President doesn't leave me, I'll be good, because my President is Jesus". Isn't that wonderful! This statement gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes. We have to keep the faith, never stop praying, trust, trust, and know that God will take care of His people. <br />God Bless you and your family.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12880880143638073625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-76342576132356154042012-11-10T00:07:17.173-05:002012-11-10T00:07:17.173-05:00I'm with you. I feel a great loss. I've ne...I'm with you. I feel a great loss. I've never felt like this with any other elections. I've felt disappointment before, but not the nagging depression/grief/sorrow that I have with this one. I went to bed crying Tuesday night. I had a heart to heart talk with my husband that night. He is more like you in that he never really believed that the Pro-Life ticket would win. I had a guarded hope early on that turned into a real belief towards the end that the good guys would win. I was devastated, bewildered and confused. Not to mention feeling truly physically ill. I don't know my own country anymore. We're definitely not alone in our feelings either. Many of my friends on FB have described having the same reactions. My husband feels it, too. Though with him it's more like this nagging anxious feeling. It just doesn't feel right. Like we're trapped in a Twilight Zone episode or something. It doesn't really feel real I guess. The thought that was put upon my heart as I lay in bed crying was that *I*, personally, need to pray and sacrifice more. Really the emphasis should be put on the sacrificing, because we already pray quite a bit in our home (though one can always improve one's prayer life)….but sacrificing? Not so much. Fasting, almost never (not including liturgical fast days). My husband is better about this than I am. Honestly, I feel like such a slacker. I've never been good with denying myself anything. I think on the saints and how many, if not most, of them sacrificed and made penances for the sins of others or the world. I think it's time that I stepped it up a notch. My minimalistic approach to spiritual warfare (that's what it is, right? Good against evil?) is not cutting it. Maybe it's time to break out the sackcloth and hair-shirts. Anyway, at least it would make me feel like I still can do something to counter the evil in what otherwise seems like an out-of-my-control situation. <br /><br />Thank you for the thoughtful post, Barbara. God bless you.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076870583313429655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-54539461770615019262012-11-09T19:20:00.634-05:002012-11-09T19:20:00.634-05:00Barbara,
You spoke for many of us (especially me)...Barbara, <br />You spoke for many of us (especially me). This election has definitely opened our eyes to the reality of satan's influence in our culture, and we must fight back with prayer, words and good works in the name of Jesus. Please continue to evangelize. You do it so well. It is your special God given gift. Do not keep it to yourself. Use it wisely and often.<br />WAKE UP, leaders of the Catholic Church! You're sheep are in need of leadership and education!Everyday Graced Blessingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329295636493076130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-19569734015908551692012-11-09T16:42:31.987-05:002012-11-09T16:42:31.987-05:00That was a beautiful post. We are all feeling tha...That was a beautiful post. We are all feeling that loss right now. Having Simeon's surgery yesterday made me kind of forget about the evil in the world for a day, now we are home and I am reminded of what happened Tuesday evening, seems like a nightmare...but it's real. Like I said on my blog the other day, the conservatives are the only ones reproducing more than the liberal's 1.5 children, so our next generation looks much brighter, there won't be any liberals left!! God has a plan, and maybe this was not His will, but He allows us to choose from right and wrong, somehow, somewhere, sometime (I think soon) we will all have to pay. God is just. That's OK, we were not made for this world but the next (that might be a quote, seems like I've heard that one before)<br /><br />Because so many voted for Obama, I do feel kind of, I don't know, betrayed, because when out in public, I am always wondering who the "others" are...Jamie Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678469484585027738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-90801305268755360772012-11-09T12:16:06.577-05:002012-11-09T12:16:06.577-05:00Very well-written indeed! Thank you.Very well-written indeed! Thank you.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12537767678040466695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-80484704351804997662012-11-09T11:53:56.816-05:002012-11-09T11:53:56.816-05:00I might need some spiritual direction but I cannot...I might need some spiritual direction but I cannot see how this is God's "yes". This is the result of evil winning. black and white in my little corner of the world. God wants OUR YES to Him. The problem is too many souls said yes to satan. They are blind..or evil. or both. <br /><br />The beginning of our post is the same here in my home with my husband and I. There has been a shift in the force...sorta like when OBIWON felt the plant blow up and a million souls cried out. I feel like something died and my soul right now is not in peace.<br /><br />I am a emotional mess right now it is even hard to find the peace to pray. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030030108671604522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-22085273532494078932012-11-09T11:42:40.182-05:002012-11-09T11:42:40.182-05:00That was very nicely written, much better than my ...That was very nicely written, much better than my un-posted rant! I hope (boy, do I hate using that word sometimes, now!) that the coming Troubles will be the rebirth of the Church, and that the USCCB, which has begun to wake up, will start teaching and leading us, along with the priests who have been silent for far too long.<br />Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072984925282936743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-23739160547789509022012-11-09T10:41:39.952-05:002012-11-09T10:41:39.952-05:00This was absolutely beautiful, Barbara, and gave m...This was absolutely beautiful, Barbara, and gave me the most hope I've had in days! Thank you!<br /><br />I loved what your MIL told you! I am holding tightly to that truth!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530114345117741249noreply@blogger.com