Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

Here is a story out of Iowa about Christian homeschoolers supporting Mike Huckabee.  For all the $7 million plus that Mitt Romney has poured into Iowa (compared to Mike Huckabee's < $400K), I think Romney will be singing "can't buy me looove..." when the caucuses are over.  For who can stand up to the political power of Christian homeschoolers and their children? 

From the article, Vicki Crawford says:

"From here on out, we are for the next month going to go and volunteer for Governor Huckabee. That's part of our school. Life is a field trip."

And, field trips that matter give life so much more meaning.  That's why, whether it is standing in front of our local abortion clinic or canvassing our precinct before an election, our children are beside us.

Pray for the Christian homeschoolers in Iowa, that God gives the strength and organizational skills to help Mike Huckabee to victory.

To help support Mike Huckabee, go to his website:  www.mikehuckabee.com

 
 

Too often Americans become lulled into contentment, wrapped as we are in our wealth and indulgence.  If you look around, it is hard to believe that our brave sons, brothers, nephews, and neighbors are at this very moment in faraway lands defending liberty.  Today is a good day to remember that we are at war -- perhaps not "total war" in the historical industrial-economic sense -- but, war none-the-less.

Radical Islam is the enemy today, like fascism and imperialism before it.  But these are just different names for tyranny.

Tyranny is not just a political or socioeconomic condition of nation-states, but a condition of all men's unregenerate hearts.  A condition juxtaposed to God's desire for our heart and commandments:

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'  The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'  There is no commandment greater than these."

So, today, remember those who sacrificed for the causes of liberty and pray for those who stand today to sacrifice for the same.  Remember too that, through Christ's strength, we have the power to defeat the tyranny of the heart and mind that would separate us from God, so that we might be a better witness to the peace that can only come from Him.