Who will be the next Elijah?

Let me tell you a little story. There once was a girl, a college girl. She was full of hopes, dreams and visions for her future. She was elated when she got accepted into the college of her dreams, and set forth upon her goal.

Whilst in college, she met him. He was tall, dark and the most beautiful man she felt she had laid her eyes upon. To her delight, he seemed to reciprocate her feelings, and they began a relationship. She had it all: a budding college career that would lead to great discoveries, a man at her side, and a baby on the way.

What?! When did that happen? How did it happen? Well, she knew how it happened, but she really didn't think it would happen. This was the early 1960's! Even though times were changing, they still hadn't changed that much! Not everyone would understand her relationship with a black man, for one. She was unmarried, pregnant, and had so many dreams for her future. A child really wasn't one of those plans at this present time. Maybe down the road, but definitely not now! And it's not like she could "get rid" of it -- Roe vs. Wade wasn't implemented - yet. Besides, she heard about those "back-alley" abortions -- some actually didn't make it out alive, and some couldn't have children afterwards.

Her boyfriend agreed that they must get married, of course -- but little did she know that he was married, himself, with a family of his own in his home country.

Her parents were unhappy, no doubt, but supportive. She would go to school, and the grandparents would take care of the child whenever she couldn't. This young mother got to live out her dreams, even with a child conceived out of wedlock.

Now, in today's world, a college girl who gets pregnant to a married man would be told of one option -- have an abortion. After all, you have a full and complete life ahead of you, and you really can't take care of a child at this juncture! What about your parents; do you really want to place this burden on them? And be sure to know that you will probably live at below poverty level, because you won't be able to get the education you need. Besides, you will always be able to have children later.

And so, many young, frightened ladies make the wrong choice and abort the baby, only to suffer mentally, physically and more. They will actually mourn that child until the day they die. They will tend to fall into worse relationships, abuse themselves, and many cannot stand to hear the sounds of any type of vacuum or suction, as many abortions are performed while these girls are awake. Many will attempt suicide at some point. Every time something bad happens, they will tend to look back on that abortion, and ask themselves if that's the reason why they're experiencing that hardship.

And you know what? Women STILL die getting abortions, and they STILL have problems with future childbirths; some even become sterile. Not much has changed, except that abortion is big business -- and only going to get bigger, now that the lid has been taken off of stem-cell research.

And it appears that now our tax dollars are once more going to fund abortions -- whether we believe that abortion is okay or not.

Oh, yeah, let's get back to that story... at any rate, this young woman gives birth, and names her child, Barak Hussein Obama. This same person, who could have been aborted if he had been conceived only ten or 11 years later, touts abortion as something he'd like his own daughters to consider if they'd find themselves in a position such as that occurred to his mother!

It utterly blows my mind.

I will still pray for Obama, that God REALLY shakes his heart to the core, to allow the Alpha and Omega to be heard by Obama. My question is, who will be the next Elijah, the one to go to the leader of his day and say, "Thus saith the Lord"? Who will be brave? I've seen the conservative Christian actually shrinking into a frightened ball, afraid to say something amiss about our new president. What if we get backlash and lose our rights? Has anyone noticed -- they're already getting chipped away from us, little by little. We have nothing to lose and ALL to gain for the cause of Christ! Who will stand and deliver the message of the Lord? Who will face the Ahabs and Jezebels of today? If we take a stand for Christ, He will take a stand for us.

May this be our prayer in these perilous times: if it be Your will, send me, O Lord.