Last night, the 4 day Republican Convention ENDED in the very best way possible!! I saw MOST of every night's events for all four nights and time and time again I was impressed with the dignity, POSITIVE OUTLOOK, Patriotism, calling upon GOD and the orderliness of all the speakers. But LAST night was the very best night, in my opinion!!
It started off with FRANKLIN GRAHAM leading in prayer, the internationally known son of the late BILLY Graham. Nothing against the OTHER ones who prayed on the FIRST three nights, mind you but each one of them looked at the camera (or, perhaps at the TELEPROMPTER) as they prayed. Franklin bowed his head DOWN. This does not mean that God heard FRANKLIN'S prayer more than the others, but it does give more of a sense of REVERENCE and HUMILITY to the prayer, to be sure. And it does not mean that ANY of them failed to pray from the heart...just that Franklin is obviously a lot more EXPERIENCED in this type of high pressure situation.
It was a good idea to put Franklin Graham on the fourth and final night....kind of like the CLEANUP hitter in a baseball lineup. Hey, HE probably had notes HE was reading from...I've prayed in front of large gatherings before, I've done the Notes thing, too...you don't want to lose your train of thought, or RAMBLE because you're on a strict time limit. I get it. But the idea is to keep your HEAD DOWN as you read, so people can't tell if you're reading or not!! And Franklin's prayer was the ONLY one in all four nights that mentioned America's need for "repentance as a people" and to "turn our hearts in obedience" to God's Word, closing with "THE MIGHTY NAME OF MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST."
Wow.
The evening (and the entire four night Convention) ended with President Trump accepting his party's nomination FROM OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE with a large group gathered on the Lawn, LIVE. I understand that the DEM Convention (which I did not watch) last week was all "Virtual," in light of COVID. By contrast, it was a powerful image to see Trump and Melania in front of the White House, emphasizing his incumbency and (I think) a commitment to KEEPING his job and CONTINUING HIS WORK for the next four years.
Trump has a reputation for saying what's really on his mind, for better or worse, so no one SHOULD accusing him of faking it when he said in his speech that "WE PUT OUR FAITH IN ALMIGHTY GOD." It's the best thing ANYONE said to the American people in the last few weeks, spanning EITHER Convention!! Keep in mind that what FRANKLIN said in his prayer was TO God: what Trump said was to US and it was ABOUT God and about HIS (the President's) perspective regarding the future!! He said plenty of OTHER great things, so did ALL of the speakers all four days, but this was the Perfect Ending to it all, in my opinion.
Only GOD can help this nation now, and may He bless America for another four years with a man who publicly acknowledges that reality.
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