Will You Vote?

I have very definite ideas about what our country should be, who our leaders should be, and how we as American citizens behave. Yes, I am setting myself up here to be a laughing stock, a clown, an idiot, even. But I feel the need to say this: VOTE!

If you don't vote, you are not a true patriot, no matter your party. If you don't vote, you don't have a true right to criticize, or complain, or cry out. If you don't vote, your voice will indeed not be heard. If you don't vote, you more or less are saying, 'Here, dogs, take the crumbs.'

Why would you not want to vote? There are countries all over this world where people do not have that right. They WANT to vote, but cannot. Then there are those other countries, again, all over the world, who do have a voting system, but it is corrupt. Their vote either doesn't count at all, or they are placing themselves and their families in physical or political danger if they vote the way they really wish.

So since we have this option here in the good ole U S of A, why don't more people take advantage of it? 'I'm too busy for that', or 'I don't understand politics', or even, 'I don't know the issues, and besides, there isn't anyone on the ballot I want to vote for anyway.' All are sorry, sorry excuses. So sad, for a free country, one that won and has kept it's freedom because of the shedding of blood, and, wow, because we vote!

I am not an intellectual, not by any means. But I care. I can read. I can listen. I can compare and investigate. I can discuss with family and friends. I can discern right from wrong, good from bad, freedom from political oppression.

If we do not stand up as citizens, and vote based on our knowledge and our care and compassion for our country and our people, then we are kissing our freedom goodbye. We can't put the entire burden of our freedom on our military. We, here at home, also have a responsibility to participate in our government and it's operations. If we don't, we will see what we have been seeing the past nearly four years...basic freedoms, financial stability, and our sense of security slip, slipping away. Very quickly.

Whether you agree with me or not, think about it. Please! Give it some thought, take a look at who is running, what their values and thoughts are, their vision, and compare it to what yours are, and what you think would be right and good for the country. Then vote. Rearrange your schedule....it's just one day, and it only takes a few minutes. The options are many...check with your local government officials about early voting, about polling places and times. You may find it is much easier than you think.

America is free. It is beautiful. It is ours. Don't let that change simply because of laziness, or because you don't think you can make a difference. All of us together can, and, I pray, will.

'One nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.' The Pledge of Allegiance. Most of us learned it in grade school. All of us should remember it now. God brought this country into existence. He can take it out as well. Let's show Him what we think of His grace, His freedom, His blessings on our people, and our country.

VOTE!

Blessings!

Thoughts About the Health Care Vote...or Non-Vote!

Ok, I am having some difficulty with these thoughts!


Are they angst-inspired? Could I really get physically
or vocally violent? What would the folks back home
think if I did? Do I really care what they think? How
can I retaliate against those who are attempting to hijack
our government? Should I just get in the car and drive
to D.C. (Den of Corruption)? Suppose I email all the
senators and congressmen and women and threaten
them with all kinds of horrible tortures, like splashing
them with water and mud when I drive by them.......
or putting salt in their sugar bowl when they have their
coffee?

Or should I just pray?

JUST? Did you catch that? I know, and YOU know, there
is no such thing for a Christian as 'JUST' prayer. When we
pray, we believe there will be results. True, we do not know
what those results will be, but we are assured by our Father
that we will have them. And God is not a man that He can lie.

So.......OK, I will pray. There is more power in prayer than
any other place. Violence is not more powerful. Anger cannot
top it. Behaving like a child (one of my favorite reactions!)
will never equate it. But by taking my concerns and fears to
the Father, and laying them at His beautiful feet at the same
time....that is paramount to a victory already won.

God is not surprised by what is happening right now in our
government. He was not surprised when Mr. Obama was
elected. He was not surprised by the budget deficit being
grown like a plot of land in 'Farmville', watered daily and
fertilized with America's tears. And He will not be surprised
tomorrow if our leaders decide to vote this monstrosity of a
health care bill into law.

But today I am surprised that they may not vote at all, and yet
still push it through! How can they do that? By using some little
known and rarely used method called Reconciliation. This function
of government was enacted for simple little financial corrections or
emergency actions. NOT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES!
NOT FOR CHANGING THE FACE OF AMERICA! NOT FOR
REMOVING GOD FROM EVERY SINGLE LAST THING IN
GOVERNMENT! Which will certainly follow if this atrocity is
accomplished.

If this bill in enacted, whether by vote or 'not', we will begin seeing
more and more areas of our lives taken over by the socialist 'view.
The strong arm of government will become a daily intrusion into
our lives. And all for the profit and power of a few.

Pray about this. Pray that God will touch hearts and minds of those
we elected to defend our principles and our way of life. Pray for them
to vote the RIGHT way, not the way of greatest benefit to them. Pray
for America, for the citizens, for God's people. Pray that we will stand
up and be strong in Jesus' name, the name above all names.

Remember....God has warned us that in the end times these things
will happen. But He has also promised that He will take care of those
who are His...yes, and we are His, are we not? Therefore, we should
not be surprised that we will prevail one way or another, because
we should not be surprised that our God does what He says He will
do, and He will deliver us from our Egypt.

Please, 'JUST' pray!

Blessings!