I confess that I opted to watch baseball on TV last week vs. watching twenty Democratic want-a-be Presidential candidates debate the issues. I did surf the networks back and forth just to see what was going on among the hopefuls, and I did read the next-morning reviews. I start with my confession only to say I may have missed something in the four hours of debate, but I never once heard a candidate begin an answer with something like, \u201cI would seek God\u2019s will in the matter\u201d or \u201cI would talk with God about this and then make a decision\u201d or \u201cI think God would want me to . . .\u201d To each question, the candidates had their own answers, and their own solutions. No one, at least to my awareness, even acknowledged God as a part of their decision making. I\u2019m not talking about church-state issues, or religious freedom issues, or even one\u2019s spiritual preferences, I\u2019m talking about a candidate acknowledging the importance of communicating with God in decision making. I realize this was not a religious debate, and the questions were not spiritually oriented, but I sure wish someone on the stage would have at least referenced communication with God. This reminds me of Jesus\u2019 words in John 16:24, \u201cUntil now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive,\u201d and James 1:5, \u201cIf any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” This is not about Democrats or Republicans or any other group. It is about the absence of communication with God in the discussion of the current issues that concern our society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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