Mr. Elliott — I will always be grateful for your email and response after President Obama was elected for a second-term in 2012 with your writing, “Thriving in Exile”. To this day, I still refer to it and to the scripture it points to in God’s faithfulness and the trust we have in HIM as the director of our steps and the plan in which we trust.


I am so sad that today, I see nothing in your inspiring email about God’s sovereignty or any reference to God’s word. All I see is Trump. I am grateful for how God allowed President Trump to stand firm for our liberties we hold so dear, but I pray daily that we not exchange our hope in our Lord for the hope of Trump. PLEASE keep sharing the encouragement (and ONLY true hope) that is found in the hope of Jesus Christ and in scripture, and NOT falling to the temptation of putting all of our hope in any man or woman.


The founding of our country was based on a set of principles founded on God-given rights that no man (or government) can take away — as you know so well. When George Washington stepped down after the defeat of the British in the Revolutionary War and then again after the end of his term as president, he taught us something very valuable. This country is not about the greatness of one man, but about the greatness of our God, and the divine rights that God has given to every man. Washington often referred to the Providence that guided the success of our nation — God blessed the beginnings of our nation with His amazing grace and blessings. We aren’t free because Washington was so great. Washington succeeded because He trusted the Lord to where God was leading our nation.


I am so thankful for the faithfulness of Grassfire — I just sincerely ask that we remember from where our greatness comes.


God bless you all.


Lori Dague

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