Jesus and Politics

I never have a problem talking about Jesus and my faith...because I dont feel like my intentions would be to offend anyone when I share the wonderful things that God has done in my life...but when it comes to politics....I usually dont comment because I feel I will definitely offend someone...but I am working this out in my head.....who does a Christian vote for this year???Advice, comments, scriptures, anything would be appreciative.......(knowing I am not really deep in politics)....I find myself confused about who to vote for in this year's upcoming presidential elections; a Mormon(theology is a bit different than christainity) in Mitt Romney or a professed Christian in Obama who is for abortion and gay marriage.
Many Christians have expressed reservations toward Romney because of his Mormon beliefs, which some describe as a "cult" falling outside mainstream Christianity. Yet the former Massachusetts governor has affirmed that he is pro-life and supports the traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman only.
On the other hand, President Obama has persistently described himself as a Christian. His recent endorsement of gay marriage, however, and his attempts to force religious institutions to offer insurance coverage for contraceptives, have put him at odds with many conservatives.
I am trying to figure which choice will best represent biblical values and what the Bible has to say.
LET ME LASTLY SAY, WHOEVER BECOMES PRESIDENT....I will honor and respect and PRAY for that man....AND I am so thankful to be an AMERICAN...have the rights thatI have and the opportunities I have....I dont thinkit does much good to complain about the situation of our country...if I dont have something in mind to contribute.....like volunteering in my community, raising God honoring kids, being a good wife and citizen, encouraging others in doing good for their community and environment, ect.....

Homeless

Tucson is quite amazing. I am falling in love with this city. I see God here! I feel called here!
Well, Jason and I, mostly Jason, drove 2000 miles to get back here from Florida. We were blessed to stay with Jasons sister and brother in law for a week. They were such a blessing to us.

We arrived and immediately went to interviews we signed up for at a variety of agencies. We have yet to start at any of them. We are riding on the last bit of savings and staying at extended stay hotels. Tensions have been a little high sometimes...on my part....I have been not the nicest sometimes...mostly I think because I was a little scared if we didnt get jobs right away....I was a bit HIGH STRUNG....but my husband is amazing because he knows me and he knows how to be a ROCK for me even when he doesnt know he is.....my kids are great...Christopher has great spirit....and is so appreciative of things...he doesnt complain about not having a house...

Well I started writing this to talk about HONESTLY....VULNERABLY...about some experiences we have had......
ON the first night we came....I dont know how we found out about it but we went to a church to have a free meal....while there they told us about other meals we could participate in if we wanted to or needed to....Jason and I decided together that it was such a blessing to have found this because it would save us that little bit extra we needed if something came up for the kids or if we need to stay in our hotel longer.......we are riding on NOTHING....but literal FAITH.....

So the first night we went to a presbyterian church. WE ate inside and they served us at a table with a table cloth..We talked with some of the men there. One man just got custody back from his exwife...sounds like a good thing for the kids to be out of an unsafe drug environment....so he was there with his kids..said he was going to culinary school....wanting to better his life...another man we sat near was homeless and very street smart and aquainted...both very nice people...good hearts...
Next night we went to another church...we were a little late....and we sat outside....they served us on glass plates...christopher was so surpised....and a homeless man came up to him and gave him some toys and then just left.....he was so nice and christopher was floored by his generosity and kindness. Hesaid somethinglike...that man has nothing and he really gave me these....I know he was touched...
So we ate our amazing dinner outside sitting on the dirt ground with about 20 other women men and children that were homeless.
We went to a place called the Z mansion on Sunday and it was a literal mansion opened up to the homeless with street medics and servers and just amazing people....they served us like we were at a wedding reception...they give free clothes and showers to people that need it. They also gaveout sack lunches for anyone who wanted.
We went to a place called the giving tree that night too. Again served an amazing meal. Free clothes and shoes...I was able to help a man that was wearing womens sandals find a pair of ADIDAS running shoes...he was arab I believe...very nice...later he helped me get the last bit of water at the IGLOO on site...this place was in the middle of a poor area of town just on the dirt lot....
Christopher said he really liked it there....
ANYWAY...this is just a tidbit of our experience in TUCSON....homeless.....
The culture of the homeless is quite unique....We have only experienced wonderful people and angels that feel called to serve them.....We did avoid a verbal dispute and seen a little drug activity happening right next to us.....
I am saying all of this because I feel there is a very specific reason we are experiencing this right now...I am determined to help and serve as soon as we all all settled.....we are true nomads right now...I see the homeless in such a different light.....this journey is not over...I would love to write a novel sharing the real stories and lives behind those people EVERYONE passes on the side of the street with their signs and backpacks.....I am so humbled......I have been one of them.....and I shall never forget this experience...
JUST TO NOTE...we have not had to sleep outside or anything...our last funds are going to hotel extended stays and gas while we await our first check/job.

COMPLETELY HONEST AND VULNERABLE, KRISSY
I have to say I feel so close to GOD...it is amazing.....living like this there is so much dependence and intimacy with HIM

ramblings and blessings in one

Tomorrow we embark on a new journey....another one!!!!!We are going back to Tucson. I cant wait to climb those mountains again....they make me feel so alive....We are hoping to go to the Philippines after a little while...after we save and work awhile....and we have been invited to go to HAITI as well....HAITI isso real to me now...it is not a distance thought or dream.....I know some amazing people who live there now who not just come and visit for a week or month,but have made their life in HAITI.....they are amazing people and have an amazing ministry.....We will see how everything unfolds...but my vision of what GOD has for me and us is bigger than ever...I have seen God use Chrsitopher this summer to bring people to HIM....I know of a least 10 people that will be in heaven now because of the faith of that little boy....he didnt save them, no, he just let GOD use him to share the saving knowledge of JESUS CHRIST.....I see Jason is such a new an wonderful light...not that I didnt before adore and love him....but if I didnt know it was possible...I do know...I love Jason more than I even have before....I AM FLIPPING IN LOVE WITH THIS WONDERFUL MAN....and I know God brought us to the point we are at RIGHT NOW......for a great reason....thank you for patience, forgiveness and unconditional love JASON. YOu are beautiful.....you are magnificent. HERE is to OUR LIFE, OUR FUTURE, OUR JOURNEY, and OUR LOVE. I thank God for you everyday. When my eyes are fixed on JESUS......I SEE you and the life he has for us! That is an amazing revelation and comfort.....you bless me everyday. Heres to 80 more years together...hehe!Love Krissy Always and FOREVER
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THANK YOU JESUS FOR ALEXIA ELIANA MOLANDER.....she is just AWWWW...no words can describe what she means to our whole family! She is beautiful and perfect....and destined to do great things. Her smile melts my heart and I love watching her with Chris and Jason....she is like a radiant sun beam a fragrant rose....those arent even enough to describe her.....
Thank you God for this life...................I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sam Childers "Machine Gun Preacher" Interview

I am watching the MACHINE GUN PREACHER movie with my husband tonight. My first reaction when he brought it home from REDBOX, was I was not going to watch it because I thought maybe it was a movie about something I shouldnt watch, almost like a blasphemy because the title seemed so opposite. I didnt know anything about SAM CHILDERS his life or his work. Jason just said it should be inspirational and it is about AFRICA. After he said that I gave the movie a second look. I did this by looking up the movie on the internet and reading about SAM CHILDERS.
I started reading and I had to just completely STOP...........WOW. I was floored by what I was reading and watching.
This is a story about a man....a lost man. He was a drug addict, a gang member, and almost a murderer. But for a moment in his life.....he was gripped by GOD....flooded with MERCY....realizing GRACE....AND HIS WHOLE LIFE WAS CHANGED.
He stops drugs, he asks Jesus in his heart, he renews his vow to his wife, he becomes a better father, he helps bring his best friend ex gang member/drug buddy off drugs, goes to AFRICA and find himself.
He opens his heart to those kids....He sees the HELL they are living through because he has indeed lived his own HELL on EARTH.
As I was reading on the internet....I saw some very disturbing and negative comments...that maybe not definetly that CHRISTIANS should not support SAM and his work....why you ask? Well the bloggers said some things like we should not support missionaries that stock pile weapons.....initially I agree....but then I dont.
I  have been to AFRICA...I have heard the heart wrenching stories of people who have been a part of genocide, had their families killed in front of them, etc..
It is not as though I support war...I dont..its ugly...so devastating...how does a person win people to the LORD with a gun in one hand and a BIBLE in the other.
But also, peace talks might not work and just simply preaching the WORD...does killing for the RIGHT reasons really make sense either???It is just so hard to come to a conclusion in my mind.
GUN FIRE and SAVING LIVES....how do those two things exist in the same world?
THE LRA, forced children to be soliders for them...so like in the movie, a child may be FORCED to kill, not really wanting to, and he himself might die by CHILDERS.....How did Childers figure in his mind that he could justify killing a LRA child solider to save two non LRA children.
Another part of the movie, he picks some of the children to take back and not the others...when he comes back they are all dead...does that make him a bad person....does that make him a murderer? NO. Of course not. He did what he could...could he have done more...could he have waited to get more...or could he have....maybe if he waited longer they would have all died....
And in this movie, I see the struggle that he is facing.....he wants to do more.....he wants to save lives and no one will help him...he sees the devils demons in carnate killing precious children...and he feels required to help....those children saved him in a sence...gave him purpose so he will do anything to help them.....
DOES he turn though, go too far.....there is a scene in the movie where he yells at his own daughter about her wanting a LIMO for her formal dance, and she swears at her....she says an interesting thing "you love those black babies more than me."
AT what cost do you pursue the mission that GOD has given you......how muchsacrifice  is toomuch....we are still responsible for our families and friends too, right. For instance, his best friend overdoses after he tells him that he is NOTHING MORE THAN A STRAY DOG. Didnt he realize that he was not only saving kids in Africa but also saving his best friend and redeeming his family's legacy.
And do we ever give up on GOD when we dont think he is moving at that pace he should be.....do we ever believe truly that GOD IS not watching....GOD HEART breaks constantly...I think it has since ADAM and EVE made the first decision...to go against God and that they could do better WITHOUT him.
I think SAM faced this moment in his life...where he felt....I have to do this myself...I cant take watching such agony anymore....I MUST DO THIS MYSELF...God must have abandoned me and now I am left to figure this out on my own...I started this journey with GOD  butnow he must have moved on to something else....and left me here to do this.....
HOW DO WE CHOOSE THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS, when both requires death or killing.
In the movie a little boy chooses to shot his mother in order to save the lives of his brother and himself. Was this the right decision or the wrong decision? Who can tell me?
We cant lose our hearts even when people,bad people, take our families, our safety.......We have to keep hope in our hearts as well...and not let those we love suffer when we are dealing with things so much bigger than ourselves.....
What does redemption mean? What does it look like?
Who is our family? Who is our neighbor?
What is our plight?
Is it right to fight fire with fire...to save lives, to save a country?
At what point can we justify killing?
I want you to personalize this....would you kill 5 men...ten men if you knew in the truck they were driving was 50 children that were going to be taken to become children soldiers.
Personalize it further, could you leave your family in the states and go and live among a people not your own to save lives?
Could you tell your daughter or son, they wont get everything they want sometimes because the money that might have been intended for those special things are going to other children???
Im astonished and challenged by what I saw in this movie and what I read about Sam Childers...when we enter into something bigger than ourselves......its beyond us....the answers are not black and white...Im not even sure that they are gray....Well I have been inspired sweet Jason. You are right dear love of mine.
I guess in conclusion, but not really because I will be thinking on these things awhile and even more talking to God about these things, but I guess I want people to one day...read my story and be bewildered....not really know what to say in response to the way my life has played out....mystery....I want people to ponder it all...take it in and really think about it....
IF A TERRORIST CAME IN, and abducted your child and I told you I could bring him home, would it matter to you how I brought him home. These were the words of SAM CHILDERS at the end of the movie.....thought provoking.....let me personalize this to myself.....if a terrorist abducted my Christopher and my Alexis, and I knew that terrorist killed, raped, and sold into sex slavery other children the same age as my babies.....what would be my response?????
I am wondering, why is the UNITED STATES not taking an active role in this plight?? Why is there not army or something actively station in northern uganda and south sudan. 
Exhaustive from my ramblings, I will just end this post for now........but I will not stop contemplating this issue and my role and response to it.....LORD GIVE ME EARS TO HEAR A HEART TO BEAR AND WISDOM TO ACT/MOVE.........Krissy

Fetal heart circulation