No, we're convicted that she may already have done that. She admits she was very close to saying "Yes," but then her kids talked her out of it. We want her to make certain she's following the Lord's leading.
Prayerful following is not a precise science... it's never as cut and dried as actually "hearing God say" one thing or another, it's a form of becoming convicted over time of where you believe you're being led through much prayerful consideration.
The result is not perfect or infallible, because in the end it is fallible, imperfect people who are interpereting what they believe to be His leading. Mistakes can be, have been, and often are made. We firmly believe that if there is a chance that she made such an error here, she should have the chance as well as the encouragement to rectify it.
It's called keeping each other "accountable," and it is one of Jesus' commands for the whole church, one obligation every Christian has to another.
I think it is very possible, if Palin did leave all of us out here in the cold based on the feelings of her children, we are facing the worst of all possible worlds.
Children change their feelings on a dime.
I think it likely her children will change their feelings - probably the first time some schoolyard bully calls their mother a “quitter” during an argument. Of course by then there will be no turning the decision around. The taunt will sting, and not be forgotten. The kids end up not appreciating the sacrifice made on their behalf. And America will have lost a unique opportunity to avoid communism.
Pretty much the worst possible outcome. I hope I’m wrong, but this appears to have been a disasterous decision to me.
Palin made a huge mistake. America is not better for it.