It was painful to watch Sarah Palin’s unfocused rambling announcment that she was leaving the office of Governor.  She looked whipped and tired.  The person who burst into the public eye with both guns blazing at the convention had disappeared.  The truthteller was spinning.  That was particularly hard to watch, because Sarah’s plain talk is what had made America love her.

As I lifted her up in prayer I asked Creator to use this time to help Sarah to refocus; to re-find her north star.  This country needs a voice that speaks the unvarnished truth.  Sarah has that platform.  Now that she knows the tactics that the world will use to beat her up, I pray that she uses this time to strengthen her spine to rejoin the battle.

In elementary school, during a test, the teacher would tell us to “keep our eyes on our own paper”.  I find this to be valuable advice.  I can’t be looking at other people, wondering what God is doing with them.  I have to keep my eyes on my own paper and be concerned with what God is doing with me.  Sarah has forgotten to keep her eyes on her own paper.  The evil one has used powerful distractions to keep her focus off her mission in life.  This is true for all of us.  If we can be distracted through economic fears, world threats, celebrity gossip, competition and worries, we will forget that we are children of God who have a divine purpose.  We were created by God, we are sustained by God, and we will return to God.  During our time on earth we are to love God and bless God’s creation.  Tikkun Olam.

When the world is so much in our faces, we can forget that Jesus loves us and has Divine purpose for us. I pray that we will not be distracted.  I pray that we will breathe, and focus on what is good and true, and walk in faith.  We need to remember to pray for each other during these perilous times.  Holding each other up to God is the best gift we can give each other.

Keep your chin up Sarah, God’s not done with you yet.