Histrionics in the Making

Freudian slip there, of course I meant history in the making. Well, you win some, you lose some. We won Propositions 8 in California and102 inArizona, which protect the definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman.Hurray! Washington state's infamous I-1000, legalizing physician-assisted suicide, passed. Booooo! The Obama-Biden ticket won convincingly over McCain-Palin. And our choice to represent us in the House of Representatives in Washington D.C., BillSali, lost to his opponent. So sad!What to do, what to do? Let's do this!

1 Timothy 2 : 1-2
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Spencer W. Kimball
I hope you’ll pray, brothers and sisters, pray as you’ve never prayed before. Praywith a great earnestness. Pray for the leaders of the nations. Pray for all of our leaders. Pray for our leaders who are filling especially high, responsible positions in all the countries of the world.The Lord will hear our prayers, I am positive of that. And he will in his own way and in his own time cause that we may have success. (Marvin K. Gardner, “News of the Church,”Ensign, Aug. 1979, 79)

Ezra Taft Benson
We should pray for the inspiration and well-being of the president of the Church, the General Authorities, our stake president, our bishop, our quorum president, our home teachers, family members, and our civic leaders. Other suggestions could be made, but with the help of the Holy Ghost we will know about what we should pray. (Romans 8:26-27.) (Come unto Christ [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1983], 25.)

Reed Smoot
Let us pray for our leaders at all times instead of criticizing them; pray that they may be given courage to continue with unflagging zeal from year to year; pray for the power of God to be upon them. (Conference Report, October 1940, First Day— Morning Meeting 21.)

Good counsel? Yes. Let's do it!