"God Governs the Affairs of Men

I love this picture by Andy Thomas

 of these guys just hanging out, laughing and telling jokes...

And this one..having a grand old time!

Look at Ronald Reagan's face,

and President Lincoln. 

Wouldn't it be fun to be there with them..

listening to them joke and tell all the stories that they know!

I wish the artist would paint one big picture with all of them, democrat and republican, sitting around joking and laughing. That would be one occasion I'd like to sit in on!

They probably all have enough perspective and appreciation of what it takes to run the country that they could sit down and really visit.  There would most likely be disagreements, and some "I would have done this or that," comments.  But I'll bet for the most part there would be respect for each other, regardless of their party. 

painting by Andy Thomas

I often wonder what past President's would think of us today.   Abraham Lincoln said,

"We have forgotten God.  We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.  Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us."

On Doug Wright's radio show the other day, he was talking about

some people organizing a prayer and fast day for Mitt Romney, so he( Mitt) will win the election. Doug's view on this was that he would feel more comfortable praying for God to watch out for our country as a whole.   Not us telling Him what we think is best.  I am voting for Mitt Romney, yet I agree with Doug Wright.  I have always felt that we should pray to God to lead us and direct us as a people, having faith that He will.  I always pray for and respect our country's leaders, whether I vote for them or not.  They all need our prayers.  As Abraham Lincoln said, "do we think we have a superior wisdom of our own?"  It is God who has preserved us, strengthened us and enriched us, and He will continue to do so..if we are humble. 

"God governs the affairs of men. 

And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice,

is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?"

Benjamin Franklin