[Apologetics] Immense Grace Under Pressure

[Art Kelly]

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Today's News & Views
October 22, 2008

Pro-Life Gov. Sarah Palin: 
Immense Grace Under Pressure -- Part One of Two
<http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Oct08/nv102208part2.html> 

Editor's note. Part Two
<http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Oct08/nv102208part2.html>  is a
delightful story about a young pro-life champion. Please send your
thoughts on both parts to daveandrusko at hotmail.com.

Like you, over the years I've been on the receiving end of a fair number
of shots across the bow. At the risk of stating the obvious, most often
the slings and arrows are launched by people whose "tolerance" level is
zero, bashing us for our alleged intolerance. Go figure.

But then there are people who are really in the eye of the storm, like
pro-life Gov. Sarah Palin. It's one thing to be personally the butt of
vicious caricatures and character assassination. Such blows sting but
you can brush them off. But it is quite another when the attacks come
from everywhere and are aimed at your children and (in Gov. Palin's
case) your husband. To plow ahead, day after day, you have to be made of
stern stuff.

On Monday Gov. Palin, along with much of her family, was in Colorado.
Pro-life Dr. James Dobson, founder of the Colorado-based "Focus on the
Family" ministry, caught up with Sarah Palin as she was running from one
campaign stop to another and interviewed her by phone. You can listen to
this special broadcast by going to
http://www.citizenlink.org/clspecialalert/A000008476.cfm.

What amazed me the first time I saw Sarah Palin at a rally in Missouri
was her uncanny ability to inspire and motivate, a direct reflection of
her amazing capacity to connect with her audience. You knew from the
moment pro-life Sen. John McCain introduced her as his running mate that
Sen. McCain had made an inspired selection.

Everybody has their own theory why the "mainstream media" instantly went
on a search-and-destroy mission. Some are very complicated explanations,
some make you scratch your head, and some suggest darker impulses. 

While there may be some truth in all of them, my own explanation is much
simpler. Gov. Palin's nomination threw a monkey wrench into the plans of
pro-abortion Sen. Barack Obama's legion of media cheerleaders to
coronate him in September. Instead of cruising to a relatively easy
victory, Obama now would have to stand and fight.

In her interview with Dr. Dobson, Sarah Palin displayed the other
quality I have found most impressive. To me it blends a fiery
competitive spirit with a kind of upbeat serenity. 

She talked about the times in her life--and Sen. McCain's--when she was
in the underdog position. Palin spoke of how this motivated her, made
her work harder, and strengthened her faith. Fighting against the odds
seems to bring out the very best in her.

Indeed when Dr. Dobson asked her how she handled what he described as
the media's attempt to "destroy you personally and politically," Palin's
response seemed to suggest she saw this almost as a test of her
character. Rather than dwell on the unfairness, she simply said, "If I
can't handle it, I shouldn't have offered myself up for public service."


But is it what she called her "tough skin" that is sustaining her during
the media siege? What came through clearly in her answers to Dr. Dobson
is that what holds her up is her faith, which is her "foundation."

Gov. Palin specifically mentioned the prayers of Americans that she
knows are being offered up on her behalf. I know from a torrent of
emails and postings on places like Facebook that millions of her fellow
pro-lifers are praying that she and her family be protected by what the
Apostle Paul calls the full Armor of God.

Gov. Palin said she has faith in the wisdom of the American people,
especially if she and Sen. McCain can get their message across "minus
the filter of the mainstream media." So do I. But that requires help.

You can help circumvent that filter by downloading the presidential
comparison sheet at http://nrlc.org/Election2008/comparison0909084c.pdf.
You can also order multiple copies online at only a nickel each at
http://www.nrlchapters.org/comparisonbuy.htm and have them sent out the
same day.

Gov. Palin is an amazing woman and a credit to the cause of life.

Part Two <http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Oct08/nv102208part2.html>
-- When the Educated Become Educators and Inspire Others

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