Sunday, January 18, 2009

Lincoln v. Obama on Life

Today, is highly ironic, as President Bush has proclaimed it, "National Sanctity of Human Life Day." The media is agog with the celebrity innauguration, hardly a mention has been made about the catastrophic crises, the responsibility of which, lays directly at our nation's feet!

I predict, President Bush's Declaration of Life, will hold exponetially more significance 100 years from now, than anything you will see or hear through the national media this week regarding the Innauguration, especially Obama's speech.

If one peruses history, it becomes very clear that it is the ordinary, almost unnoticeables which eventually rock centuries and people, not the trendy splashes of "the times." This week there will be ample celebrity adulation, autographs, balls, empty speeches, superficiality and hypocrasy. Man loves to make much of himself!

Like the confetti and gas-filled balloons, 100 years from now it will only illustrate man's vanity, as Shakespeare so brilliantly articulated in Macbeth.

"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing."

But there is something happening this week which will hold up well against the onslaught of time; it is the effort, the sacrifices of prayer and fasting, marching and speaking out on behalf of life and truth, made by a remnant of souls, who may be feeling a little despair in some corner of their hearts tonight.

Yes, you will be haughtily ignored, ridiculed, and mocked by the worldly, you will see no substantive or transcendent victory this week.

But, do not despair, and, as Pope John Paul said so many times, "Do not be afraid." If God is with you, who can be against you?

You are heroes, you are the ones who will be remembered because you stand on the side of "truth," of "right and wrong." You are the ones who can't figure out why the TV anchor interviewing some member of the Obama transition team spouting off about "pay to play" politics in Chicago, isn't compelled to ask the only pertinant question worth asking? Do we not even care about right and wrong anymore? Is there no shame left?


Obama loves to compare himself to Lincoln, he is using the Bible Lincoln used for his oath. He, of course, did the same train ride, etc., so I decided to look back at the circumstances and speech Lincoln made at Gettysburg.

If it gives hope to anyone, it should not be to Obama, but to you, the remnant, you are holding true to "right and wrong" to the dignity of each human life, to the sanctity of marriage and the family and to the transcendent necessity of worship and gratitude to our God.

Drawing my history from this historic site; http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/gettysburg.htm

here are a few words to give you strength on your journey...

Lincoln only stayed in Gettyburg for 24 hours.

The speech was delivered on "cemetery hill," an old cemetery; adjacent were new burials from the horrific battle; Lincoln's wagon ride to the hill top went past the remnants of battle; "all about were traces of fierce conflict, rifle pits, cut and scarred trees, broken fences,...scrapes of blue and gray clothing, bent canteens...

The main speaker that day was Everett, a nationally famous speaker, who gave a two hour speech. Lincoln gave only the "dedicatory remarks at the end," approximately 2 minutes.

(Lincoln's) "effort was the product of a lifetime, from a man known for deep study and reflection."

If Abraham Lincoln stood for anything, he stood for Truth, and you, who are still standing against relativism, secularism and utilitarianism, and standing for "life," have Lincoln as your unfailing advocate, you stand on his mighty shoulders. Mark your place and go on until your dying breath.

Obama and Michelle may have made an appearance at the Lincoln Monument today, again, in an attempt to parallel their ascent to power, to his. But, remember, life is full of irony. A sign standing on "Cemetery Hill" before the battle at Gettysburg, read: "All persons found using firearms on these grounds will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law."

With Obama it is all about "perception", with Lincoln it was reality.

Many remarked that day at Gettysburg the sad lined face of the President...I can see his deep reflective eyes still...mourning for the unborn.