Finding Common Ground (during this election).

I felt a bit under the weather today so I went to the 8:45 AM service at NLP this morning (I can get away with jeans and no make up since I'm not known as the First Lady there).

I had to share a few notes from Pastor Dan's message: "From Battleground to Common Ground"

He talked to us about the elections. Unfortunetely battle lines are being drawn in the church. You can see it in the news, on blogs and even in the pulpit.

God is calling us to be humble, we need to be careful about defining our own opinions. There is nothing wrong with being passionate. Passionate people thirst for God, hunger for truth.

No political system can ever be perfect. So how do we find common ground? 1) We must move to higher ground, 2) keep our face to the ground, and 3) find the middle ground. Jesus Christ is our common ground. We must have humility and believe in God. Christians will be going to the polls on Tuesday and pulling different levers.

When we wake up on Wednesday morning people will still need to be saved. At the end of the day take off the donkey and the elephant and put on the cross. Put your faith in Christ! On November 5th their is no us or them. Your brother and sister in Christ is never your enemy. Jesus can heal our land. Let the will of God be done.

Update: No Sunday mind dump tonight just a praise report. Marc was on his way home from church this afternoon and swerved to avoid an object that fell off of a truck. Unfortunetely when he tried to straighten the car out he lost control and the car hit the wall on the interstate ( then went back out into the traffic). He said it was like being in a movie in slow motion. Thankfully he is not hurt at all due to wearing his seat belt and the air bags deploying. The car may be a total lost but tonight I am praising God that Marc is alive and well. It could have been so much worse. There were several witnesses and someone was even able to get the liscense plate of the driver in the truck. Thank you Lord for your grace and mercy and for favor. I know he has so much more in store for Marc and his ministry. Please keep us in your prayers.