PARDON

PARDON ME WHILE I STEP OUT OF THE PULPIT AND INTO STREET CLOTHES.  I DON'T MIX CHURCH AND STATE.  MY PERSONAL OPINION, I LIKE THE BUSH FAMILY.  THE FATHER, THE SON AND HIS BROTHER, JEB.  AS FOR BUSH JR., I ADMIRE HIM.  HE HAS A WONDERFUL TESTIMONY ABOUT BEING A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN.  SOME SAY BILLY GRAHAM WON HIM TO CHRIST.  IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. WHEN I LEARNED OF HIS PERSONAL TRIALS, I NOW RESPECT THE MAN FOR GETTING THE VICTORY OVER SATAN.  READ UP ON HIM, YOU'D BE SURPRISED.

I AM ESPECIALLY GLAD BUSH JR. WAS STRONG ENOUGH OF A MAN TO START REVIVAL IN THE U.S.  FOR MANY YEARS I WOULD PRAY FOR GOD TO HEAL THE U.S.  THERE WAS A SMALL REVIVAL WHEN DESERT STORM HAPPENED.  THE MEN CAME BACK TO THE U.S. CHANGED.  A FRIEND (WHO HAD BEEN IN DESERT STORM) TOLD ME STORIES OF HOW PEOPLE WERE COMING TO CHRIST AND GETTING BAPTIZED IN THE DESERT.  THEY USED A  PRECIOUS COMMODITY - WATER - TO ANNOUNCE THEIR SALVATION.  I KNOW GOD WAS PLEASED WITH THEIR ACTIONS.