A Christian for President?

Will it happen? Will we EVER have a good Christian president? This country was founded on Christian morals. The first settlers left England because of religious persecution. They were seeking a land where they could worship freely. Read the Constitution. It is a wonderful document that reflects these beliefs. How did we become the country who is so into it's own freedoms and rights that we have forgotten the basic ones given to us by the maker of all things? We have this book on our bookshelves and on our coffeetables in nearly every house across this great country. How often does anyone take this book and read it? Of course i am talking about the Holy Bible. It's right there waiting for us. Answers to our questions are in there! Anything we need is in there! You need support, pick up your Bible. You need encouragement, pick up your Bible. You need strength, pick up your Bible. Wanna know if you will be ok if you cheat on your spouse, READ your Bible! Wanna know if murder is ok, Read your Bible! (ok most of us know that murder is not ok anyway) Wives, are you to submit to your husbands? YES YOU ARE!!!!! Does that mean be his slave and do every little bitty thing he asks of you....NO! So let's define this word "submit". Just to make this clear. Submit according to webster means 1 a: to yield to governance or authority b: to subject to a condition, treatment, or operation 2: to present or propose to another for review, consideration, or decision ; also : to deliver formally 3: to put forward as an opinion or contention intransitive verb1 a: to yield oneself to the authority or will of another : surrender b: to permit oneself to be subjected to something 2: to defer to or consent to abide by the opinion or authority of another. Now having read all that....do you think God really intends for us to be subjected to a certain condition or treatment? NO Do you think God expects us to yield ourselves to another person authority? Well....yes sortof.....he does expect us to offer our thoughts and opinions to our spouses as part of a discussion to reach a final decision. HOWEVER...as part of that discussion...if what our husband feels is best for our family reflects his opinion more than our's...it is our job as wives to support our men in these decisions. Not just fight for our own opinions. Yes, our husbands are the head of our households! They are our supporters, our providers, our caretakers, our lovers, and so many more things. We are their supporters, their caretakers, their lovers. Notice i didn't say providers. We do for them...we serve them...we love them. They provide a home for us. Is this a Father Knows Best way of thought? Perhaps. Does it mean that women are not allowed to work? NO! I work. I currently work in my home. I have worked out of my home. I have future desires and dreams. Will that stop me from supporting my husband? NO. Will that stop me from submitting to him? NO. If he comes to me and expresses a desire for me to not work any longer will i listen? Yes! Will that stop me from wanting to pursue a dream by attending school? No. I'll discuss that with him because pursuing my education is a good thing. One day in the future we may need me to go back to the workforce and i'll have that education then. If he says no will i give up my dream? I don't look at it as giving up. I look at it as changing my dreams. I have all i need in him. He provides for me. He loves me. I am fulfilled in my marriage and family. Not chasing other dreams does not make me less of a person. It makes me more of a wife if I am following the will of God and submitting to my husband. Would my husband ask me not to pursue my education? No way! Because he loves me, he wants the best for me. He knows my desire for knowledge. He'd never want to cause me distress by telling me i can't gain more knowledge. Does this mean that God wants us to be under our husband's thumbs and follow them around like a serving wench? NO!!! It means that while we are partners with our spouses, final decision in everything is HIS to make. Not mine! I discuss with him, offer opinions, go through all the information, but he does what is best for us. If something ends up not being the best for us can i tell him that he should have done things my way? I could, but it would do nothing but cause a fight. Should i tell him that it's ok, things will work out and next time we will discuss further before making a decision? Absolutely. I am supporting him. That's submission! I get up every day asking myself what can i do to show my husband how much i love him today. Been doing this for a little more than a year. It's been the best time of our marriage! Granted he's in the Army and is currently deployed. But our marriage is stronger than ever. Whether he's here or gone. We don't worry what the other is doing while we are apart. We don't fight when he gets to call. We are secure in our love because we know that we have that bond. When he's here we rarely have cross words. We support each other. Before i started doing this....we fought, we didn't feel so loved in our marriage, we didn't know how to express the love we did feel. It was a nightmare! Since i have started this i think we have BOTH learned what God means when he says wives submit to your husbands. I started this blog today (and i know its really long now) because i saw and read and article on Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee. He stated that he believes wives should submit to their husbands. People's reactions to this article really pissed me off to put it bluntly. They were all talking about Huckabee going back to his cave and only a redneck would think such a way, this is not the Leave It To Beaver and Father Knows Best times anymore, women have rights too. Not ONE person followed up on what God had to say next. So here is what the Bible actually says about submission: Colossians 3:18-23 "Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting to the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh to them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." This is the New International Version. I also looked these verses up in the King James version. This is one time i can tell you that no different wording was used! Both versions say not only Wives, submit to your husbands (KJV did say submit to your OWN husbands), but also Husbands, love your wives. Yes, we are to submit and support them as the head of our households, but they are to love us and not treat us as slaves. Slaves have their own roles according to God's Word....as you just read. So tell me, honestly, would it be SO bad to ask wives to put their husband's opinions first, to support them in love, to show them daily how much they love them? Would it be so bad to ask husbands to Love their wives, support them, provide for them? Did i say one thing at all in here about cooking, cleaning, working, sex, or anything else that would be considered a "chore"? NOPE! Those things all fall into place when you are doing as God asks. No one says the wife's place is barefoot and pregnant. I only said that we should have proper priorities placed in our homes and lives. God first, spouse second, then children and ourselves. Actually many people will tell you to put your spouse after God (as you should) then yourself THEN your children. Because if you're right with God, and you and your spouse are right with each other, then your children will be great! I'm thinking having a little Bible based Christianity in the White House would do us all some good. As i recall....(though i wasn't living then).....back in the days of Leave It To Beaver and Father Knows Best we didn't have such problems with teen pregnancy, divorce, murder, rape, prostitution, drugs, and the many many other things destroying homes across this country. Why don't we try putting God back in America again?