Hello Folks,
     This past week was a very important week for our nation.  I am really not sure where the election results will take us as a nation but I must admit that some of the possibilities are not what I would have hoped.  it seems that much of the legislation and actions by such groups as the EPA are designed to take our freedom away from us.  I wonder what our nation will look like in another 20 years and what our children and grandchildren will think of our choices.
     Yet that is not the most important thing that we need to consider.  You see real freedom only comes through Jesus Christ.  He is the only one who can really make you free.  Early Christians faced an antagonistic government that actually took the lives of those who they felt were "dangerous" to their nation.  If you were a Christian you would probably face persecution whether it was social, financial or political.  Yet believers refused to give up their position of following Jesus and only worshiping Him!  They knew that it would produce great difficulty and, possibly, death for them. 
     We also have Christians in other parts of our world that are already facing the refusal of jobs, going to prison and, even, death.  We in the United States may have to face persecution if we are to see our nation turn back to God.  I certainly do not want to see such things take place and neither am I suggesting that I am a prophet where this is concerned.  But I pray that Gods' marvelous Church of God will rise up and show the world around us that there is no one like Jesus and that His blood was shed for them!  Let us point people to Him and let us do so at whatever cost is demanded.

Have a Great Day,

HGRudd