Pray To Be Stronger Men

Posted by Larry Miller on June 17, 2010 under How | Be the First to Comment

President Kennedy once said, “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” I don’t think he would mind if we add stronger women as well. I believe he had a very good point, one that applies to our current struggle to retain the freedom our forefathers fought and died for. Many pray for a change in the leadership of our country. Others, following the Biblical mandate pray for wisdom for our leaders as they rush headlong into destruction. Still others pray for a new crop of leaders to come along and do battle to set things right. This last one may be closest to what the former President was advising us to do.

Sure the Obama administration appears to be doing everything in its power to bring about the hope and change they ambiguously promised. We can, and must, pray for a change of heart in the White House. However, it is within the realm of possibility the Almighty may tell us “no”. Just as he told the Israelites that they needed to go and clear the promised land themselves… and suffered because they did not complete the job. It is entirely possible, that He will not dramatically clear the snake pit of Washington with a wave of his all powerful hand. He may be looking for us to do the job. He may be looking at us to take advantage of the freedoms we have been given as Americans and put people in office that will stand against the increasingly dictatorial tendencies of Barack Hussein Obama.

We need to send people to represent us in the nation’s capitol who will agree with Thomas Jefferson when he said, “I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” We don’t need, indeed we cannot afford, to send those to Washington who seek to work “across the aisle” and compromise with the enemies of freedom and make their machinations slightly less onerous. These are dangerous times and we need men and women of courage who will stand for victory rather than compromise which leads to defeat.

We cannot afford to be like Great Britain where they have already surrendered to a failing welfare state and the primary argument on election day is which party or coalition can best keep their bureaucratic monster from running around on the rocks of financial ruin. We need leaders dedicated to defunding, dismantling and even destroying the Washington power structure.

Barack Hussein Obama knows this. Every step he and his minions take is designed to increase the power of the national government and decrease the freedom of the American people, who he apparently despises. A good illustration of this comes from a recent webinar by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli where he describe liberty as a pie chart. It cannot be expanded by economic activity or governmental edict. The liberty pie has only two pieces… individual power and governmental power. It represents a zero sum game. When one side increases, the other, of necessity, decreases.

We must work to expand the individual freedom piece of the liberty pie and shrink the authoritarian madness coming from inside the beltway. We need to reverse the restrictions on the American people Immediately!… if not sooner! Otherwise we need to consider something else President Kennedy taught us, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”