When I think that I can
not possibly be more disappointed with the state of our country, it
JUST GETS WORSE. This week I have read several blog posts and
discussions about the upcoming presidential election. I have yet to
hear any arguments for either leading candidate based on their own
merit but only as the means to keep the other candidate out of
office. Is any one else getting REALLY tired of hearing about “the
lesser of two evils”? The two-party system has been the only thing
we have known in our life-times...but HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT?
It seems to me that we have lost sight of the entire reason we vote.
We have FORGOTTON what freedom means. And we have certainly abandoned
all principles of truth and righteousness that enable that freedom.
It has reached the point that not only are we capitulating to a
corrupt and and flawed government (that isn't even close to
resembling the government established by the Constitution), but I
have seen some actually claiming that we have a MORAL obligation to
choose from the TWO options that we have before us. I've seen
scriptures and spiritual metaphors used to argue for TRUMP. WHAT?!?!
The God I know would
never ask us to choose evil of any degree. The God I know expects us
to choose the right no matter the consequence. The God I know does
not send answers to prayers disguised in greed, dishonesty,
hostility, and immorality.
The
choices that we make matter, both in our personal lives and in
government. The only way that we can regain our freedom is by making
the RIGHT choice, for the RIGHT reason and then accepting the
consequence that comes.
We've been justifying
the compromise of values and truth in order to “win” for far too
long...and that is why we are here. But the problem is that we are
fighting a war. We are at war for our physical and spiritual
freedom. We are at war for the soul of this country...but we can only
see the current battle. We think that if we make this one more
compromise that all of our problems will magically go away or maybe
at least we prevent things from decaying even further.
However,
THIS battle is already lost. What matters now is where we stand. What
matters is that WE CHOOSE GOODNESS. That we choose freedom. Our vote
needs to speak of where our heart lies. If that means that we end up
with a President that leads our country to fall even further...let it
be WITHOUT your support, WITHOUT your vote.
