Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 2.1-4
perhaps you were someone who didn’t support president obama during the election. i was among that group, having voted for someone else.
as Christians, however, we are now commanded and privileged to support our president.
no, that doesn’t mean we endorse every decision he makes, but it does mean that we are to pray for him, to not speak evil of him and to do what we can to be the best citizens possible as we represent Christ to a lost and dying world.
we are lucky to live in america, where citizens are allowed to voice their opinion, even to the highest level. i mean, it’s pretty remarkable that we have access to our leaders and are able to speak our minds to them.
we have their phone numbers.
we have their addresses.
we can write them.
we can talk to their staff.
in many cases we can (eventually) talk to them directly.
of course i know that i will probably never be able to get a meeting in the Oval Office, but a student of american government can’t help but notice the fact that we have many ways of speaking to our governing officials, at every level.
spiritual support. freedom of speech.
when we mix these principles (spiritual support and freedom of speech), we often find ourselves in a position where we are called to support a leader who is making decisions that are in opposition to Biblical principles.
so what do we do?
one of the things we can do is to voice our opposition in a gracious and peaceable way.
enter The Red Envelope Project.
here’s how it works:
on march 31, hundreds of thousands (and hopefully more) of people are going to put an empty red envelope in the mail addressed to the white house.
the back of the envelopes will have these words on them:
This envelope represents one child who died in abortion.
It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world.
Responsibility begins with conception.
i find this project very meaningful when i think about how it might affect the people in the white house. i can’t help but think about envelope after envelope coming day after day to the staff who are forced to take note and count and make a report to their superiors.
i can’t help but think about the impact that 1,000 or 10,000 or 50 million envelopes would have on the man who is charged with forming policy related to abortion in america.
to me it is something that might be very effective without resorting to violence or threats or hate-speech or even anger.
to me it is a very gracious way for us to demonstrate that the execution of over 50 million babies since Roe v. Wade is unacceptable.
it is, however, contingent on the people.
this project can’t happen unless we actually get up, purchase an envelope & stamp, then take a few moments to write and send.
i’m willing to do that.
Jesus Christ loves us. He loves President Obama and He loves the children that are killed every day in our nation.
we can demonstrate His love to our leaders while also standing up for the innocent.
pray for the president.
pray for america.
and, should the Lord speak to your heart, send an envelope on March 31.
maranatha.
as we face the modern world with all its trouble and turmoil and with all it difficulties and sadness, nothing is more important than that we who call ourselves Christian, and who claim the Name of Christ, should be representing our faith in such a way before others, as to give them the impression that 
