The days around the South Carolina primary I felt drawn to drive to Columbia SC to pray. As I was looking online for a hotel room, I heard that sweet quiet voice of God say "just stay THERE" referring to a particular hotel. I didn't know at the time we would be in the same hotel where Sherman stayed and where Fred Thompson's team had set up headquarters.
Mom and I spent most of primary day in the hotel room praying. I wasn't mentally prepared for the level of spiritual warfare we had obviously engaged. I've gotten accustom to feeling a strong connection to God when I pray and knowing when I had what Mom's generation called "praying through". Well - this day was not like that. It was like plowing an endless field in the dark.
We went to convention center to watch the results that night and were saddened to see the tiny margin by which he lost. It was enlightening to spend time with people who worked closely with the campaign. We were told that Fred Thompson had devilishly attacked Mike's character. There is a Bible title given to the spirit he was yielding to: the accuser of the brethren. He followed Mike around the state, as though his personal mission was to harm Mike. That's about all he accomplished. ( and there we were, staying in the hotel where his people were..)
Later that night Mom said while were praying in the room she kept seeing an elephant. She didn't understand the meaning of it, but she knew it was not good.
We all know the Republican party symbol is an elephant so I said surely this is a clue that there is problem with the Republican Party. I've been praying for more understanding of this since then.
Elephants in their natural state are wonderfully virtuous - having great family values, long memories, great intelligence. But we've all seen the videos of an elephant which had been trained but suddenly went mad and trampled everything in a rage.
There's also a Dr. Seuss book which is seen as an amazing parallel to abortion. In Horton Hears a Who , an elephant named Horton hears the almost silent "yup, yup, yup" of the almost invisible Who's. Horton the elephant is a saving hero. But the elephant in our hotel room was not Horton. It was the GOP.
On the way home from South Carolina we prayed for Fred Thompson to quit.
He did so almost immediately.
So back to the elephant-
It is becoming more and more apparent that the "Grand Ole Party" has become a Grossly Obstinate Pachyderm". I suggest that it's leadership has been overcome by evil and we need to pray for them. Intercede for them. If the GOP goes the way of what is called moderate in the political world, the little "who's" will have no voice . The democratic party has long ago embraced murder of the unborn as one of their approved agenda. The Republican Party is the only side of the elected government which still gives itself to stand for life.
No wonder it is targeted to become corrupt by power, compromise and unbelief.
So as we stand for the miraculous in our nation and we contend for God to intervene and give to us Mike Huckabee as our 44th President, will you also pray for the republican party? Intercede for them as you would for a loved one is so heartbreakingly lost? I'm asking God to give the GOP leadership the wisdom to yield to His spirit or to move them on to other things and replace them ones who will yield to Him.
These next comments are not so much my redeemed side. It's just a little ranting and pinpointing things that have made it clearer to me of the "elephant problem".
Last night the Jacksonville Florida GOP Exec Committee meeting belittled Viet Nam vets against McCain who were in the room, ignored the supporters of Huckabee and Ron Paul and made it apparent that the delegates from the area are already hand picked puppets.
I am convinced that Mike Huckabee would indeed be overshadowing McCain in elections and polls if this process was all on the "up and up". I'm convinced that there are a shocking number of behind the scenes shenanigans of the GOP good-ol' boys who just don't get it. They seem oblivious to the well expressed concerns Newt Gingrich made at CPAC. (You can find his awesome speech on c-span.org)
The GOP apparently ignored the popular vote in Louisiana when they gave majority delegates to McCain.
The GOP state leader short cut the count of voters in Washington and called the election before all votes weren't counted.
This elephant has gone mad and is running renegade, trampling over the voters by manipulating, spinning the media.
The GOP is pirating the nomination! It's absolutely criminal! It's everything that give politics the nasty name!
Not only do we need to pray for redemption of the GOP, we should follow through on our votes.
After going to the polls in primaries, follow up on what's done with delegates. If you can afford a 4-day trip to Minneapolis Sept. 1-4, then apply to become a delegate by going to your state Republican Party website.
God bless you today. Thanks for reading!
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