Hillary Clinton set an excellent example for Americans to follow. She experienced a very difficult time in her marriage, yet she overcame those obstacles and remained very happy. Americans and people across the world can look to Hillary Clinton as an excellent example of how to keep a marriage together by looking to God for guidance. I want to explain how God uses leaders such as Hillary Clinton as examples so that we know what to do when experiencing problems of our own.
In Jeremiah chapter 3 verses 14 and 15, we learn that God wants us to return to Him when we backslide away from him. God is our Heavenly Father, and we are his children – He cares about us. Like any loving father, God wants us to have a close relationship with Him since we are His children. God wants us to know what is right, which is why He does everything possible to make sure we have leaders that set a good example for us to follow.
14 “Return, O backsliding children,” says the LORD; “for I am married to you.
15 And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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This word "shepherd," that is used here not only applies to leaders such as pastors and priests. It actually goes further and focuses on people with any form of authority, including kings and government leaders. God wants our leaders to set a quality example for us to follow. When our leaders acknowledge their iniquities and ask God for the power of grace to overcome obstacles in life, we know that God will provide the grace needed.
In our democratic society, we literally get to choose our leaders. In other words, we provide ourselves with leaders (e.g., shepherds) representing our "hearts." Our leaders represent a reflection of what we are as a society.
I sometimes hear people that claim to be "religious" saying negative things about the marital problems President Bill Clinton experienced while in office. Sometimes I hear people say the once-backsliding President should have resigned, but I personally disagree with this due to the fact that President Clinton is such a skilled man. President Clinton did such an excellent job helping our economy grow, balancing the budget, cutting the national debt in half, and forming political alliances. From an economic and political point of view, Bill Clinton is one of the best Presidents in the history of our country.
Nevertheless, President Bill Clinton did experience marital problems that many people do not approve of. But what those people don't realize is that in America approximately 50% of all marriages end in divorce. An even larger percentage of marriages involve adultery. It simply doesn't make sense for such a skilled president to be asked to resign when he is doing what over 50% of married Americans are doing. But there is also no doubt that President Clinton did not set a good moral example for married people to follow.
At this point in 2011 Bill Clinton continues to lead the world – helping to provide food, education, and other healthcare to children and adults across the world. We know the founders of our country would never approve of American citizens aggressively saying negative things about a wonderful philanthropic leader such as Bill Clinton. Selfishly focusing on the small number of negative things in a man's life rather than the large number of positive things in a man's life is always counterproductive.
Everyone makes mistakes in life, but not everyone is willing to acknowledge personal mistakes and ask God for forgivingness – the key to salvation. We need to give credit to Bill Clinton for maintaining a relationship with the Lord, remaining married to his wife, and remaining a father to his daughter. It definitely is the will of God for a married man to remain married to his wife and stay in a close relationship with children. With that in mind, Bill Clinton actually joins the 50% of Americans who remain married – an impressive achievement in today's society.
Jeremiah chapter 3 verse 15 made it clear that God gives us leaders after His own heart whenever possible. The one thing our leaders need to do in order to achieve this is look to God for guidance. We know that Hillary Clinton has said many times that she prayed to God, looking to Him for guidance during that rough time of her life. God used Hillary Clinton in a way that helped all American citizens and everyone else in the world see that marriages can be saved if people are willing to look to the Lord for guidance and accept the divine power of His grace to overcome obstacles.
Hillary Clinton is the one God wants Americans to focus their primary attention on in this particular situation involving marriage and marital leadership. Hillary Clinton was hurt and embarrassed in this situation, yet she responsibly gathered her thoughts and realized it was best to remain married. Hillary Clinton didn't allow a selfish form of pride to take priority over her lifelong commitment to marriage. Hillary Clinton looked to God and prayed for the grace to overcome all obstacles she faced. As a result, Hillary Clinton was able to happily remain married to her husband and work with him to enjoy raising their daughter in the type of environment God wants.
"Haters" are groups of people that often exist in the world of politics. Almost every time I hear someone saying something bad about President Bill Clinton, it is a selfish person who labels himself as a Republican. I've studied history, and I can tell you that the Founding Fathers of our country did not want our citizens battling back and forth fighting each other in a hateful way while labeled as either a Republican or a Democrat. Our Founding Fathers wanted the most skilled leaders possible leading our country, regardless of race or sex.
The simple fact is that Hillary Clinton set a 100% positive example for American citizens and people across the world – both male and female. God wants us to realize that Hillary Clinton is the shepherd (i.e., leader) that He provided to us in order to show us exactly what we need to do in order to save a struggling marriage. God wants us to look to Him for guidance at all times, especially the era we currently live in that makes a successful lifelong marriage very difficult to achieve. When a marriage experiences problems, the answer is to follow the lead of Hillary Clinton by looking to our Heavenly Father for guidance and praying to Him for the grace needed to overcome those problems.
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