2008 Post Election Thoughts and Birthday Surprises

Well, the election has come and gone....and as much as I am (personally) disappointed by the outcome, at the end of the day, it is what it is.

Today was my 30th birthday and it was a wonderful, wonderful day. My incredible bride left me a very special, sweet, nice note on my way to work, my employees decorated (thankfully not to too much of an extreme) my cube (see below), one brought peanut butter filled cupcakes in for me....yum, yum....another brought ice cream, and as a whole presented me with an O'Charley's gift card (they have DIET MT. DEW on tap...LOVE IT!)...along with a pretty funny birthday card...got some nice compliments from one of our Sr. VP's at work pertaining to some projects I've been working on and then when I picked up Preston from daycare found out he "peed in the potty" today for the first time!!!!

All in all, it has been one great day! Not to mention, there was a historic election that took place. While I still stand behind my "Why I Voted the Way I Did" post, I would feel the same way regardless of who was in office.

All this to say, we still live in a country where we are free to express ourselves and free to do many other things. I found the below "survey" on Facebook from one of my friends I met while in Wales a few years back (here's a link to his blogsite: http://amazedbygrace.wordpress.com/).

Anyway, I feel this really sums up and puts in perspective the "big picture."

I hope you enjoy! (RPR)

2008 Post Election Survey:

Take the test*, then ask yourself how you should respond to the election results:

1. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, Jesus will still be King.
2. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, our responsibilities as Christians will not have changed one iota.
3.True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, the greatest agent for social change in America will still be winning the hearts and minds of men and women through the gospel, not legislation.
4. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, my primary citizenship will still be in this order - (1) the Kingdom of God, (2) America, not vice-versa.
5. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, the tomb will still be empty.
6. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, the cross, not the government, will still be our salvation.
7. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, our children will still be more concerned with whether or not we spend time with them than with who is President.
8.True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, my neighbor will still be my neighbor, and loving him/her will still be the second greatest commandment. (Do you know the first?)
9. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, the only way to see abortion ultimately overturned will still be winning men and women to a high view of life through the gospel of Christ.
10. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, the only way to see gay marriage ultimately defeated will still be winning men and women to a biblical view of marriage through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
11. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, my retirement will still not match my treasure in Heaven.
12. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, "Jesus Is Lord" will still be the greatest truth in the Universe.
13. True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, we will still know that God is in control.

*Written by Dr. Wyman Richardson, pastor of FBC Dawson, GA.