Overcoming

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asks his nation to

respect the rights of Journalists in this article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8006861.stm/
today:7:06 AM 4/19/2009.Here is a quote from his letter according
to that article:
"Please, personally observe the process to ensure that the

defendants are allowed all legal rights and freedom in defending

themselves and that their rights are not violated even by one iota,"

reported Iranian official government news agency Irna. "
[end quote]
Here is a fascinating view of Christianity from Bono of U2, as
written in an article in the NY Times today at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/opinion/19bono.html?em/
and a quote of Bono that I particularly like :
"I come to lowly church halls and lofty cathedrals for what

purpose? I search the Scriptures to what end? To check my head?

My heart? No, my soul. For me these meditations are like a plumb

line dropped by a master builder — to see if the walls are straight or

crooked. I check my emotional life with music, my intellectual life

with writing, but religion is where I soul-search."
I relate to that because I am far more concerned about where my
soul will spend eternity than any worldly concern. I intend to
spend eternity in heaven with GOD!
One huge improvement I see is that the NY Times is beginning
to address the religious issues in a way that I do not remember them

having done before. I believe that the Muslim people are the reason

for that because they have raised the ante around the world about

what faith means to some people and how some people have an

all-out, absolutely total committment to GOD that they do not have

for any worldly event, possession or person. And by doing that, they

have forced the newspapers of the world to discuss the issues of

faith--should the news reprint cartoons of any sort--if so, are the

religious people forbidden as subjects--taboos are ???--should any

person who believes in GOD ever forsake GOD for any

reason?--should believers be forced to become second class citizens

in any nation--should school children be forced to 'worship' at the

idea of a human {political or otherwise}--should newspapers

relegate believers to forbidden subjects for news coverage??--should

religion be viewed as dividing people or in uniting them??--should

the HOLY NAME of GOD be allowed in societies as a curse word in

the pretense of civil liberties while disallowing the respect,

reverance, awe of the HOLY NAME of GOD as a HOLY HOLY SACRED

Name?
Since Muslims have literally forced the debates we around the

world are reading,listening too, debating, I am grateful to them. It

seems that they have made religious beliefs respectable again, and

GOD bless them for that.
/s/ Gloria Poole [gloriapoole ] Denver CO 80203
7:46 AM 4/19/2009
And read this article and see the photos of the Russian leaders ,

President Dmitry Medvedev, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir

Putin celebrating the Resurrection of JESUS as Christians, at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8006738.stm/
I LOVE it when I see the world's leaders acknowledging the Higher

Power of GOD! It is the most wonderful thing that they do for their

nations, reminiscent of when King Solomon publicly prayed for the

people to love GOD. Remember the Scripture as written in Psalms

34: 3: " O magnify THE LORD with me, and let us exalt HIS NAME

together."
Also see the photo of the Coptic Christians of Egypt being allowed to

celebrate their religious faith and rejoice that Egypt allows

Christian worship.Also Macedonia and Moldova Christians are free

to worship according to their faith. Those photos show the

Christian pilgrims who journeyed to Jerusalem, and I am certain

that the Muslims relate to that spiritual journey as they also do that

to Mecca and Medina to honor GOD.
Truly I believe in THE MESSIAH as foretold in Scripture, and I also

believe that those nations that allow religious worship of THE GOD
are the nations that will endure over time. That belief is based upon

these scriptures:
"blessed is the nation whose GOD is THE LORD." Psalms 33:12
and also, "HIS NAME [GOD's] shall endure forever; HIS NAME shall

be continued as long as the sun; and men shall be blessed in HIM;

all nations shall call HIM blessed.Blessed be THE LORD GOD.."

Psalms 72:17-18a; and again, 'blessed is the people that know the

joyful sound;they shall walk O LORD, in the light of THY

Countenance [presence]; in THY NAME shall they rejoice all the

day; and in THY Righteousness shall they be exalted. For THOU art

the glory of their strength; and in THY favour our horn shall be

exalted. For THE LORD is our defense; and THE HOLY ONE of

Israel is our King.' Psalms 89:15-17
And Egyptian Anwar Sadat did not die in vain:
This quote from a news article in The Washington Post today about

the sacrifice required of true leaders:
"Compare Phillips to Anwar Sadat. Going to Jerusalem was an

extraordinary act of leadership. He knew he was putting himself at

risk. He acted way beyond his job description on behalf of a most

noble aspiration: peace. That's leadership, and he paid the ultimate

price. " I think that is from the Cambridge Leadership blog on

blogspot but not sure because of the rest of the article. The reason
I say it was not in vain is because Egyptian Christians are now able
to travel to Jerusalem and see and worship at the places they call

Holy because Anwar Sadat did that and by doing that, he broke

through some political barriers. Does any leader who puts GOD first

in his leadership take risks? YES! Undoubtably so, but is the

Kingdom of GOD worth it? YES, undoubtably so. Does the world

think of Anwar Sadat as a religious martyr? Not sure, but I suspect

that GOD does.
In like manner, Iranian President Ahmadinejad takes some

political risks by championing the civil liberties of all journalists

and indeed, the concept of justice since he is wanting/seeking

reelection. I pray he survives that risk as I pray for all those who

seek peace even with 'baby steps'.
I think he is a good President for Iran and it seems to me that he is

also seeking peace and more liberty for all Iranians since his cause

of seeking the civil liberties including the right to a defense and to

question the accusers, and to present evidence of those accused of a

crime will absolutely affect all Iranians in a positive way. I think

that is a MAJOR step toward peace there and with the nations who

seek the news from Iran [that is after all what journalists do--report

the news events] and I think President Ahmadinejad should be

reelected as he seems open to debating civil liberties. I pray he will

also remember that the true civil liberties are from GOD. I base that

upon this scripture: " Now THE LORD is that SPIRIT; and where

THE SPIRIT of THE LORD is,there is liberty." II Corinthians 3: 17

/s/ gloriapoole [Gloria Poole] Denver CO 80203/80206;
10:08 AM, 19-April-2009