DIVERSITY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS!  

Written by Johanna Hobrath, November 18, 2008

 

(11-18-2008) America has diversity in religious beliefs.  Today I was reminded that God created all mankind.  The diversity of religions makes me focus upon the fact that God loves each and everyone, no matter their adherence to religious affiliations.

 

I, personally, can attest to the fact that a loving God through Jesus Christ wants all people groups to come to the realization that “For God so loved the world . . . ” (John 3:16, Bible Verse); thus, giving you and me the privilege to some day enter heaven.  While journeying toward heaven, the nations of this world are, at the present time, experiencing untold upheaval in the financial arena, etc.

 

I recall, as a child, during WWII, my parents, devout Catholics, petitioned the loving God in Heaven for protection and a sustaining power that comes from above.  Indeed, God gives wisdom to elected officials that have obligations to its constituents and to the true God in Heaven.  I Timothy 2:1-8 (from the Bible) speaks very profoundly to my heart.

 

I, Johanna, shall continue to pray for President-elect Barack Obama and his Family.  (November 2008)

 

This Nation was founded upon Divine Providence; and, may the people in leadership realize that any leadership must rule with God-fearing judgment!

 

May “the Land of the Brave, and the Land of the Free” be indeed a free Land that honors, respects, and realizes that God in Heaven sees every detail and motive of every rule, no matter what position he or she holds.

 

Today, November 18, 2008, I received an email message from a retired pastor.  As a matter of fact, several years ago I attended a website designer course at a vocational school and the instructor was the retired pastor.  Recently, the retired pastor and his wife moved to another state.  The profound email message, that the retired pastor sent to me, reads as follows:

 

(“Since the Pledge of Allegiance And The Lord's Prayer Are not allowed in most Public schools anymore, because the word 'God' is mentioned... A 15 year-old kid in Arizona wrote the attached NEW School prayer . . . )"

New Pledge of Allegiance

 

Now I sit me down in school

Where praying is against the rule.

For this great nation under God

Finds mention of Him very odd.

 

If Scripture now the class recites

It violates the Bill of Rights.

And anytime my head I bow

Becomes a Federal matter now.

 

Our hair can be pink, purple, orange or green,

That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.

The law is specific, the law is precise

Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

 

For praying in a public hall

Might offend someone with no faith at all.

In silence alone we must meditate

God's name is prohibited by the state.

 

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks

And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.

They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible

To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

 

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen

And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.

It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong

We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong.

 

We can get our condoms and birth controls,

Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.

But the Ten Commandments are not allowed

No word of God must reach this crowd.

 

It's scary here I must confess

When chaos reigns the school's a mess.

So, Lord, this silent plea I make:

Should I be shot; My soul please take! Amen

 

(November 18 and 22, 2008) Comments from Johanna:

 

DEAR CHRISTIANS:  WE LIVE IN PERILOUS TIMES!  LIFT UP HOLY HANDS AND PRAY!  I DO NOT PRAY ENOUGH, AND, PERHAPS, NEITHER DO YOU!  CRYING TO GOD IS NOT AN OPTION, BUT OUGHT TO BE A HOLY CALLING!  REMEMBER, GOD IS A LOVING GOD AND DOES HEAR YOUR PETITION!  I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT, IN TIME, GOD ANSWERS THE CRIES OF HIS PEOPLE!

 

GOD IS . . .  "NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE." . . .  II PETER 3:9

 

GOD BLESS AMERICA

LAND THAT I LOVE

STAND BESIDE HER AND GUIDE HER

THRU THE NIGHT WITH A LIGHT FROM ABOVE!

FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES

TO THE OCEANS WHITE WITH FOAM

GOD BLESS AMERICA

MY HOME SWEET HOME

GOD BLESS AMERICA

MY HOME SWEET HOME!

(Lyrics by Irving Berlin, 1888-1989)

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