follow up to 'election'

Okay, so I just posted something that could undoubtably hurt some feelings. Maybe, maybe not. Maybe it's just in my nature to 'not hurt your feelings,' that I feel as though I need to write this follow up this. No, scratch that. That's not why I'm writing this.

I am basically providing links to some very good blogs, sermons, etc that people with much more knowledge than I have written. I guess they gave me the courage to post the previous entry that I wrote and so cowardly saved for later.

But I do want to make this point. If you are a woman who has had an abortion; I do not judge you. My heart aches for the pain that I know you must feel. Although I have never had to even consider having one myself, I know how it feels to carry the heavy burden of guilt. And I also know how it feels for that guilt to be lifted and redeemed. You too can be redeemed. That is my hope and prayer for you.

I want to preface the following links by saying that none of these people endorse a particular candidate. Thanks! ;)

"Don't Waste Your Vote," sermon by Robin Boisvert at Covenant Life. One great thing he said, "patriotism must be moderated by sound theology." If you are a Christian, your vote must be moderated by sound theology.

Carolyn McCulley made a great point in her latest blog post, in that we must not vote for our pocket book (among others). Also, that is where I found the above sermon.

And my favorite find of the month, John Piper's Let Christians Vote As Though They Were Not Voting. As a Christian, I must show the world that I am not concerned by what any leader of any country can do to me or cannot do for me. That is not where my ultimate hope lies.