Did God Just Grant America a Great Reprieve?

[Mr Mannn]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/11/god-america-reprieve-john-horvat.html
Did God Just Grant America a Great Reprieve?

Countless Americans who woke up on the morning after the election sensed their prayers had been answered and a calamity had been averted. If we have been given this reprieve, then we should use it to turn back to God…

To those Americans concerned about the moral state of the nation, the immediate reaction to the November 8 elections was one of enormous relief. It was as if a colossal amount of pressure was suddenly released. There was the thrill of something entirely unexpected. People were overjoyed beyond words.

Adding to the intense drama, there was the sensation that a great danger was taken from our path. We had averted a dead-end situation for which there were no human solutions. We were somehow saved from a terrible calamity that had seemed so imminent.

Two main elements contributed to this perception of inevitable disaster. The first was that so much was at stake—the Supreme Court, anti-abortion laws, socialist big government programs, massive regulations and even the specter of persecution for the Faith. The candidate that represented all these things enjoyed all the prestige of the media and the favor of the pollsters. The foreboding of a sinister outcome could not have been greater.

The second element was the lack of a moral solution proportional to the level of the crisis. Moral conservatives were faced with a candidate that was universally acknowledged as flawed and many considered as merely the lesser of two evils. This was an election of desperation not enthusiasm because the alternative was just too awful to fathom. Significant sectors of the electorate, however, did not feel they could unite around a candidate that did not share many of their values.

And then it happened. A startled electorate watched the results come in and saw the numbers slowly shift in their favor with a sweep of the White House, both houses of Congress, and a record number of state houses.

Analysts are still scrambling to explain the unexpected results of the elections. They point to abstract categories like the blue-collar vote, the white vote or the Catholic vote. For them, all elections are number games and media shows. They believe the outcome depends on who plays the game best and spends the most.

There was, however, another factor outside the game that should not be underestimated. In the face of an impending disaster, many Americans did something that they do not often do in political situations like these. They prayed.

Prayer is not something that can be measured by polls or political observers. And since it cannot be quantified, those without faith treat them as something quaint and childish hardly worth of consideration. But in an election where all the rules of the game were broken, there is no reason to rule out the influence of prayer. The fact is many Americans did pray in the weeks and days leading up to that fateful November day when the course of the nation was decided.

Not only did they pray, but it appears they prayed hard. All across America, there were prayer vigils, rosaries, novenas and benediction services that were mentioned on social media or announced in church bulletins. Some fasted for the nation. Thousands gathered and prayed in the public square. Others simply poured out their souls to God in almost Biblical manner asking for His aid in their moments of affliction. And as is common with such prayers, there was an implicit promise that if we were delivered from this trial, we would turn back to God.

Of course, to suggest that this prayer might have had something to do with the final results of an election is anathema. None dare whisper it for it is so politically incorrect.

But in this election that broke all the rules, why not break one more rule and shout it about? The fact is countless Americans who woke up on the morning of November 9 after the election sensed their prayers had been answered beyond all expectations. They sensed unexplainable Christian joy and hope in seeing a calamity had been averted. They were convinced in the depths of their souls that God had heard their prayers. They were energized by the results, and are determined to turn back to God.

This is not to say that God endorsed the winning candidate (he lost the popular vote) only that He heard the cries of those who were afflicted and found a way to deliver them from a catastrophic future. The victory may have been due much more to those who called it forth with their prayers than the efforts of its flawed victor.

God also did not grant total victory. However, many feel He has given America a great reprieve, a second chance, to get it right with Him.

If we have been given this reprieve, then we should use it to turn back to God. We should keep our part of the bargain and turn back to Him and His law. There is no time to be complacent or delve into purely economic solutions that sidestep the moral crisis in America. The fervent prayers must continue. Above all, we must also make sure our elected officials follow through on their promises of a platform that puts God first and thus will truly make America great.

Indeed, we have a little time, a short reprieve. We would do well to use this time wisely. This election has shown what can be done. If we uphold God’s law, we can count on Him to break all the rules.

Like a cross to a vampire, prayer and faith are a threat to a Liberal. This is an article that will never be posted at DU. I present it as a public service to our lurking friends.

[Mr Mannn]

This is a lefty site, and they are threatened by any expression of faith.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/franklin-graham-claims-trump-gave-his-heart-to-christ-at-billy-grahams-95th-birthday-party/
Franklin Graham Claims Trump Gave His Heart To Christ At Billy Graham’s 95th Birthday Party

In a radio interview on Saturday, evangelist Franklin Graham said that Christians shouldn’t necessarily be concerned by Donald Trump’s troubling history, because the GOP presidential candidate was one of “many people” who “gave their hearts to Christ” at his father Billy Graham’s 95th birthday party in 2013.

[98ZJUSMC]

Oh, I felt it.  Never felt anything like it. 

[Karin]

Oh I prayed.  Hard.  I also prayed in 08 and 12 but He said "not yet."

[98ZJUSMC]

Oh I prayed.  Hard.  I also prayed in 08 and 12 but He said "not yet."

Mysterious ways, and all. 

I didn't, in 08 and 12, but I sure did Nov 8th.

[Mr Mannn]

Oh, I felt it.  Never felt anything like it.

A sense of peace...and relief, like we avoided a great peril.

Oh I prayed.  Hard.  I also prayed in 08 and 12 but He said "not yet."

Same story here. 

[98ZJUSMC]

A sense of peace...and relief, like we avoided a great peril.

Exactly. 

[BlueStateSaint]

Mysterious ways, and all. 

I didn't, in 08 and 12, but I sure did Nov 8th.

Same here.  I prayed every morning, as did my daughter, as we passes a church on our way to drop her off at her Catholic school. 

Now, we pray in Thanksgiving for the election result.  (Very important to do this.)

[fatboy]

Trump is not perfect. However, I cannot imagine any other Republican right of center that would have or could have stood up to the Clinton machine. I feel that my prayers were answered on election day. I believe we were standing at the edge and ready to take that last step. Now were are a foot or two from the edge. God does answer the prayers of the righteous.

The very fact that the malcontents are having such a complete and extended breakdown illustrates to me that we were closer to the final chapter than I suspected.

[67 Rover]

God did not want Hillary's hand on his bible. It seems that judgment day came early for Hillary. 

[Duke Nukum]

I saw the election as a matter of grace or judgement. I feel we got grace but that we shouldn't be complacent.