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Swank has BA and MDiv degrees with graduate work at Harvard Divinity School. Married for 49 years with 3 adult children. Author of several books and thousands of articles in various Protestant and Catholic magazines, journals, web sites, and newspapers. Writer of weekly religion column for PORTLAND PRESS HERALD newspaper, Portland ME. |
Sat Jan 23, 2010
SCOTT BROWN = PRESIDENT?
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Republicans have been searching for a charismatic, intelligent, attractive personage as leader.
Where has she been?
Some say it is Sarah Palin. And it could very well be. She is charismatic, intelligent, and attractive. She is moving across the scene with calculated speed—Fox News Correspondent, for instance.
Palin certainly has been vetted, more than many others seeking one position or another.
However, there now is on the scene Scott Brown. He too is charismatic, intelligent and handsome. His Massachusetts Tuesday win has catapulted him to daily headlines status, surely celebrity billing in many ways.
When it comes to ticking off his conservative positions, he can do it in a flash—and impressively substantively.
When it comes to convictions that line up with middle class moralists, he appears to be one of them. One question involves pro-lifers. He, living in liberal environs, has not got on-board.
Nevertheless, conservatives endorsed Brown against Martha Coakley for she fell off the left margin.
Can Brown move into pro-life venue once he gets out of Massachusetts’ liberalism? Maybe.
Brown voted for the Massachusetts Marriage Amendment in 2007.
Brown is a survivalist. When a child, his parents divorced. He was reared by various relatives. His life was not all that stable, opening various situations for “getting into trouble.”
But then he was a survivalist and ended up with a law degree, commendable status among fellow politicians, and now Massachusetts Republican Senator.
Barack Hussein Obama was swooned into the White House by mob hysteriacs who had no idea that he was a Marxist Muslim. He lied. He said he was for America, was a Protestant. Both lies.
Now the world knows fact. Obama is the chief enemy to the Republic. He has lost his charm, even with many initial enthusiasts.
In other words, leaving the detail to you informed citizens, Obama’s house is crumbling after only one year. Many of his own house dwellers are scared because the master of the manor has not managed well at all.
The vacuum. Who then will come to the fore to fill in the void?
Perhaps Sarah Palin.
But also perhaps Scott Brown.
It could be that Republicans have found their charismatic, intelligent, handsome leader. He’s fresh. He’s fun. He’s committed. He’s proven himself a winner. American voters--young and old--like that.
Remember Obama’s “I won”?
It just might be that that echo will come from Scott Brown in America’s future.
BROWN STRANGLES OBAMA IN SENATE
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
“The difference is that with 41 seats in the Senate they (Republicans) are in a position to block almost anything Mr. Obama proposes. . .” per Financial Times’ Edward Luce.
Luce referred to Scott Brown’s Massachusetts Tuesday win. Brown becomes Mr. Forty-first.
With Brown’s victory, this means that Republicans can do now just as Luce states: “. . .block almost anything Obama proposes. . .”
The Brown win was multi-dimensional, of course. One major dimension is the power Senate Republicans now wield.
With the Obama dictatorship alongside the Dem Congress despotism it was a given that Republicans could have no say whatsoever regarding anything.
Not any more.
Read “White House nightmare persists” at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/821dce96-0786-11df-915f-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
“Pride goes before a destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall” per Proverbs 16:18.
Obama filled the Oval Office with hubris, particularly as mob hysteriacs cheered him onto Pennsylvania Avenue. He has surrounded himself with crooks and liars of like pride.
However, at times divine justice works slowly in human time frames; nevertheless, the “ontime God” performs his justice perfectly according to His timing.
Read GOD CAN WORK FAST at http://truthinconviction.us/weblog.php?id=P3424
Interestingly, for biblical believers the Massachusetts Tuesday victory revealed a God move that attributes to Him the source of that Scott Brown win.
Again, it is not just a Brown move to DC; the win is multi-dimensional, one of the dimensions being the splintering of Senate Dem power holds. Let the divine continue His just moves throughout the Republic’s caverns.
In the meantime, the righteous remnant continues its watch in power and faith.
Read AMERICAN BELIEVERS: LET GOD BE GOD, JUST BELIEVE at http://truthinconviction.us/weblog.php?id=P3425
AMERICAN BELIEVERS: LET GOD BE GOD, JUST BELIEVE
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Waiting on the Lord is hard to do. We have brains. We like to use them. We have free will. We like to use it.
But when it comes to following the Lord, let go. Let Lord be Lord and God be God.
If Adam and Eve had not “fallen,” our thoughts would be in perfect line up with the Creator’s. But since The Fall, our thoughts and ways are damaged.
That is why the Lord told us that His thoughts are far above ours. His ways are far superior to ours.
Consequently, pull back your brain and will power to invite the divine play have full control. It is called blind faith.
That is the same when fretting about America. Quit fretting and up the faith in the Christian-heritage-America-planted God. God formed America because of our original settlers’ faith in His plan for their tomorrows.
God does not desert America because it is always under attack. God stays with America and its present prayer warriors. Therefore, keep with that God by childlike faith.
Wait on the Lord.
Say to God when you awaken, “I am looking forward to what You are going to do with this nation. I have faith that you are going to override the devil’s agents planted all around us. I know there are more of Your angels around us than demons.”
Then go through the day informed by the newscasts. But after taking in the detail, surrender it all to the Creator God who has more watchful eyes on the news than you do.
Cast all your cares on God, including your concerns about America. Then wait and watch and pray. Pull back your solutions and let the Lord reveal His.
On that Tuesday in Massachusetts, God had His say. No mortal could have brought about the change but God. He has more changes with real hope in store.
All you have to do is wait on the Lord, praise Him for His interventions, give Him the credit and move on.
It’s a wonderful way to live in faith.
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