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I think it’s a foregone conclusion that I did not vote for Pres. Obama. Yes, I do pray for him. No, I don’t hate him nor do I fear him. He is a man. The office he holds deserves my respect but his views on babies I do not respect and in fact I denounce. Killing unborn children is wrong.

However, I do know some folk, who despite being pro-life, voted for Obama for a number of other reasons. I wanted to quickly take a look at some of those reasons so as to better understand where we’re at…

Ended the war? NO.

Social justice? NO.

Economic justice? NO

U.S paying for international abortions? YES.

Federally funding embryonic stem cell research? YES.

The Whole World Loves U.S.now? NO. (Are you kidding?)

Alienating Israel? YES.

Getting the deficit and spending under control? NO.

Closed Gitmo? NO.

Nuclear-free world? NO.

Mr. Obama is slowly but surely becoming more disconnected with the American public and reality – which means he is living in a dream world.

It’s time to wake up.

Take A Stand.

This picture was taken yesterday and appeared on the Huffington Post.

Yep, that’s me at the Supreme Court, taking a stand for LIFE – for the unborn. I have been doing this for a few years now and I am honored to be apart of Bound4LIFE.

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More Than Words

Before joining Bound4LIFE – and crying out for the ending of abortion -  I had a lot to pray or you could say, I could pray long prayers. Not that it was out of pride, I just needed to say what I was feeling and such. But when I started praying at the Supreme Court, with LIFE tape on, the words started to escape me. Yes, because of the LIFE tape, I have to be silent… but that is the power of it.

The hours of silence drained the words out of me, until I could feel what I was praying. Deep started crying out to deep and what could have taken some time to pray now could be articulated with tears. God, in the silence, revealed himself. I was changed. Waiting with him, before him, in him changes you. Prayer became more. More than words and hopes. I found someone in the waiting. A man of strong emotions. Of unfathomable passions. A man of tears and a man of joy. A God who I wanted to see but now I could feel Him see me, with eyes like a burning fire.

Intercession to be sure is verbal. But intercessors are connecting with God not through words and actions but through emotions and agreement. Words can only take you so far then comes the breaking point. Most people get to the edge but then retreat because of the need to fill the void of quietness. They feel useless unless they can get loud or can articulate what is goign on inside of them. They pray and read hoping to somehow put into words the prayers burning inside of them all the while not realizing that the inexpressable is expressing, through them. The bible calls it groans that words can not express. These groanings are nothing less then eternity breaking in upon the soul of man.

We need to learn to wait on him. Wait and pray. Pray and listen. Listen and respond. Respond and agree. Agree and wait.

Let the groans, prayers, intercessions of Jesus be birthed in you. And don’t worry how to express it. You don’t have to figure everything out. Just pray.

Human Condition

Here is a little something I wrote a few years ago. Every once in a while I am reminded of it and so I thought I would share it with you.

Human Condition.

What do we have in our human condition?
But hollow hopes in never ending repetition.

The problem is the raping of the human spirit,
Not that you don’t know that; you just refuse to hear it.

What is sin anyway but the opinion of the minister?
Or could it be that it is something more sinister.

What used to be wrong is now called right,
What you would never do, now maybe you might.

Is there really no cure for the human disease?
Is there nothing that might put our minds at ease?

What can you say to those who shun truth?
What answer can you give to those who hate proof?

Truth gives canvass to the paintings of love,
What an artist! Seated in the heavens above.

What is this artist’s plea for you and me?
My love knows no boundary. My truth sets you free.

Therein lies our flight from our road to perdition,
Therein is the cure for our human condition.

A Simple Question

If a woman is pregnant, then what is she pregnant with?

As I see it you have limited choices:

1. Human
2. Alien
3. Clump of tissue
4. Animal (Dog, Cat, Mongoose, etc.)

Yeah, I know it’s a simple question but yet somehow people are stumped by it — really. I have spent many a days, with Bound4LIFE, praying at the U.S. Supreme Court and have of course had to answer questions about why I am praying.

Here is a little scenario:

Spectator: What are you doing?

Me: Praying for God to end abortion.

Spectator: What? Why?

Me: I believe murdering innocent children is wrong.

Spectator: Well the fetus is not a person.

Me: Then what exactly is a woman pregnant with?

Spectator: Bigot.

Sure, not everyone responds like this but I think you would be surprised by the number of people who do. It seems as if simple common sense has all be escaped us as a society. Or, perhaps it’s easier to convince ourselves that a child is less than human so that we can feel better ourselves. Either way abortion is wrong and must stop.

Not Once, But Twice.

Just when you thought California couldn’t get any crazier… In the wake of Proposition 8 the state Legislature of California approved a resolution on Monday declaring that voters alone did not have the right to adopt the gay marriage ban.

Funny thing is – they do. The legislator’s just don’t like that idea. Keep in mind the voters approved this measure not once, but twice.

The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Proposition 8 tomorrow. Let’s pray that they will be given wisdom and revelation.

Dear Secretary Of State

The following letter was sent yesterday to Secretary Clinton in response to her remarks that human rights would not be a priority for her visit to China. Besides the horrific practices of abortion, infanticide, and genocide that have killed millions of children and mutilated scores of women. China is known for it’s persecution of Christian’s and it’s intolerant view toward political dissenters — any dissenters actually. This letter is downright amazing. Please pray for Congressman Wolf, whom sent the letter, and for Secretary Clinton. Also, pray for China where justice, freedom, and human rights are no where to be found.

Dear Secretary Clinton:

I write to share my dismay, also voiced by a number of leading human rights organizations, at your comments during your recent Asia trip indicating that human rights will not be a priority in your engagement with China. These statements come on the heels of the U.S. failing to participate in the United Nations review of the human rights record of China, among other worst offenders. Both are deeply troubling commentary on this administration’s commitment to human rights, and are undoubtedly disheartening for scores of Chinese citizens, including the imprisoned Catholic bishops, persecuted house church leaders and repressed Tibetan Buddhists.

Certainly there is a place for pragmatism in diplomacy. It may be that the Chinese government, when confronted with its gross human rights violations, would dismiss U.S. concerns and tell us not to interfere in their “internal matters.” But we need look no further than the Sharanskys and Solzhenitsyns of recent history to know that it is equally pragmatic to believe that bold, public proclamations on the importance of liberty, freedom, and the absence of repression are cause for great hope to those political prisoners who languish behind bars.

In short, words have power. They have the power to inspire, or deflate; they have the power to give vision or to stifle hope. But for words to inspire the hope for a day when the Chinese people can worship freely, where the press is not censored, where political dissent is permitted — they must first be spoken.

Silence is itself a message. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” America has always been a friend to the oppressed, the persecuted, the forgotten. Has our allegiance changed?

Words are, of course, strengthened by policy, and policy is shaped by personnel. You have a number of important decisions before you in this regard: Will the new U.S. ambassador to China be singularly focused on good bilateral relations, and increased trade — or will that diplomat tirelessly work to ensure that our embassy is an island of freedom in a sea of repression? Will the assistant secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor be someone known and trusted by the human rights community? Will the new ambassador for International Religious Freedom worship with the underground church and press the Chinese government to respect this first freedom?

This administration is young and finding its sea legs. My hope is that the solid rock of freedom will be your foundation, rather than the sinking sand of repression.

I urge you to change course, lest this country itself be changed.

I am reminded of a story told by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel which speaks to this very point: “One day a Tzadik came to Sodom; He knew what Sodom was, so he came to save it from sin, from destruction. He preached to the people. ‘Please do not be murderers, do not be thieves. Do not be silent and do not be indifferent.’ He went on preaching day after day, maybe even picketing. But no one listened. He was not discouraged. He went on preaching for years. Finally someone asked him, ‘Rabbi, why do you do that? Don’t you see it is no use?’ He said, ‘I know it is of no use, but I must. And I will tell you why: in the beginning I thought I had to protest and to shout in order to change them. I have given up this hope. Now I know I must picket and scream and shout so that they should not change me.

Sincerely,

Frank R. Wolf
Member of Congress