the finish line
this has been the longest presidential election that i can ever remember. and thankfully, it ends tomorrow. i'm not sure what television and radio stations will do with out the ad revenue that they have been getting from the election. this is my first presidential election living in a "battleground" state and i can tell you that it wore me out.
the choices just stink this year: i can't find it in myself to buy into any candidates stuff. my pastor says "vote christian"; and i hear what he's saying. he raised several key issues and says that they are important to God. but, he didn't mention some others that (as i read the bible) also seem important.
what about the poor? what about the widows and orphans? what about honesty?
i am just so de-thused (which is the opposite of enthused) by the process the only thing that i can feel good about is that it's over tomorrow (or man, i hope its over tomorrow).
my plan is simple: go and vote for some people (i'm about 90% sure who i'm voting for); then pray for whoever wins (because they will need it and it's very hard to harbor ill-feelings about people you are praying for). i don't really think that anything much will change after this election -- but i blame past elections for that. i'd love to see a movement rise up that decides that the life of unborn children are as important as abolition, suffrage or civil rights.
but, i don't think that it's the president who will do that. i think, (sure really) that it's we the people who have to rise up to see to that. anyone ready to stand up? right now, i'm too tired to use capital letters. :)
espn classic is re-airing the texas-texas tech football game from saturday on tuesday night. if you didn't see that game, and you're ready to not listen to any more election stuff - you should totally go and check it out. it was an exciting game.
andy
the choices just stink this year: i can't find it in myself to buy into any candidates stuff. my pastor says "vote christian"; and i hear what he's saying. he raised several key issues and says that they are important to God. but, he didn't mention some others that (as i read the bible) also seem important.
what about the poor? what about the widows and orphans? what about honesty?
i am just so de-thused (which is the opposite of enthused) by the process the only thing that i can feel good about is that it's over tomorrow (or man, i hope its over tomorrow).
my plan is simple: go and vote for some people (i'm about 90% sure who i'm voting for); then pray for whoever wins (because they will need it and it's very hard to harbor ill-feelings about people you are praying for). i don't really think that anything much will change after this election -- but i blame past elections for that. i'd love to see a movement rise up that decides that the life of unborn children are as important as abolition, suffrage or civil rights.
but, i don't think that it's the president who will do that. i think, (sure really) that it's we the people who have to rise up to see to that. anyone ready to stand up? right now, i'm too tired to use capital letters. :)
espn classic is re-airing the texas-texas tech football game from saturday on tuesday night. if you didn't see that game, and you're ready to not listen to any more election stuff - you should totally go and check it out. it was an exciting game.
andy
posted by AndyM at 1:34 AM
1 Comments:
I am so totally with you on this, Andy. Even as Margo, Ben, and I were waiting in line to vote this morning, I commented that I can't remember an election where I was less enthused about voting. Certainly there isn't anything about either of the presidential candidates that I can feel excited about -- at least in a positive sense. (Though, I suspect, I could ramble on about the things that make me not want to vote for each of them.) In the end, I voted more against a candidate than for one. And it left me feeling... hmm... I dunno... dissatisfied?
The one thing that really makes my heart soar in all of this is the simple knowledge that God is completely sovereign. No matter how much people say we need so-and-so as our leader, the ultimate truth is that we need Jesus to lead us.
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