Is God My President?

You know....as a Christian...living in America I just thought of something.

As Americans, I think we're naturally rebellious @ heart & of course independent. We don't live under a monarchy, we VOTE & have a say over who is the leader of our country.

But as a Christian...we are called to be children of The King.....so I wonder if as Americans, we really can't grasp the concept of royalty, being a part of it or being under a 'king's' authority. Could that be why IN America, 'religion' is taken for granted? It is a RIGHT & a CHOICE.

You don't normally have a choice to serve a king or not. Either you are born into the royal family or you are NOT. And if you are not born into it then you are a servant of it. You don't get a vote.

How many other countries & cultures have royal rulers or @ least had them within the last century? MANY but not us, nope, no way...first sign of king throwing his weight around & we were kickin up our britches & declaring OUR freedom!

So as a citizen of the USA where I can choose to participate in whatever religion I want or not...do I take my Christian Liberty for granted? DO I serve as a servant under the upmost authority to the King or do I serve as one who gets a vote or say in the matter?

DO I consider God's will in my life as 'negotiable'? DO I think of God as President that I may or may not have voted for & therefore can be impeached @ any time? DO I really think I can try to vote a new rule into the law books? OR maybe vote for myself.......hey God, I think I should be elected into heaven & am the best candidate for that seat right next to you because......But as a Christian...I know there really is no vote, I have no vote, nothing I say or do is going to change my position in God's eyes. Either I am IN or I am OUT. I can choose that but nothing else is negotiable. Once I decide to be IN...that automatically qualifies me to GOD'S TOS! IF I don't like it...I can walk away @ any time...but can you really walk away?

I think THAT is how it is to be living under the authority of the King.

......but what do I know?...I still think MY vote actually counts!

grandma had ANOTHER birthday

Today was the day my mom designated for Gran's 90th birthday party. Her real birthday was Wednesday. Really though, grandma didn't even know why any of us were even there!

What DO you buy for someone who is 90 years old, doesn't know who you are, much less that you're there? What makes a 90 year old demented alzhiemer's sufferer HAPPY?

ANOTHER stuffed care-bear? ANOTHER bracelet for her tiny wrist? ANOTHER coloring book? How 'bout we wrap all the stuff she already has & give it back to her! She had this one cute gift bag & my mom told her to open it--that it was a gift & she just smiled & held it, I think gran thought the gift bag was a stylish new purse!!!!

I couldn't tell if she was crying or laughing or crying out of happiness when we were singing Happy Birthday to her...I think she was confused because there were no candles on the cake, which was HUGE!

But hey, I know it's yer birthday & all but we don't really want to create a fire hazard w/ 90 candles. kwim? simma dahn!

Thinking of my gran celebrating ANOTHER birthday reminds me of the verse: honor your mother & father...& live long on the Earth..(paraphrased)...so my gran MUST have REALLY honored her parents, which also means......I'm here on borrowed time as it is!