There's one other time I remember having this gut wrenching feeling in my stomach about the future of our nation and that was the Presidential election of 2012.
We are faced right now with so much uncertainty. We have two roads to take both with the prospect to be bumpy. One with just some pot holes, the other with some sink holes.
I want to say my hope is in good and fair election but I fear that polls have been rigged. That the wool has been pulled over the eyes of the nation. But then I have that voice asking me; 'where is your trust?' Is my trust in the government to be fair and just in every trail? Is my trust in the billions of Americans to go out on November 8th and cast "the right" vote? Is my hope in the red side or the blue side to lead this country?
I grew up in church. I learned the safe "church answers" and I know the answer to all my questions. Our hope is not in the government, the voters, or either party. Our hope is in the Lord. But honestly I've made myself sick in worrying over this election.
I don't "get into politics" that much. I don't sit and watch CNN, FoxNews or any other news station. I don't watch any of the debates or interviews. But I do do my research on the candidates. I find out their beliefs, their hopes, their plans, their family background, their stance on situations.
And through all my research my heart trembles more. My anxiety gets high. I read little quotes that are posted and shared and I feel farther away from "world peace" than ever before. I know my hope is in supposed to be in the Lord, but I've let the fear of 'where is our country headed' take my eyes off of Him. In less than four weeks the future of our country is going to change. And as it is my right and privilege to vote I unfortunately can not change the out come of who is going to be the 45th president of the United States. What I can do though is pray. Pray for our country's leaders, Proverbs 21:1. Pray for my heart to change and choose not to live in fear, Philippians 4:6-7. And pray that as a husband and wife we can raise our kids in the Lord because they are the future of this country, Proverbs 22:6.
November 8th is going to come no matter how much I try to avoid it. (Unless the good Lord Himself returns then hallelujah!) and though my vote may be small I still need to practice that right. Because it only took a stone to slay a giant!
“For I know the plans I have for you” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”-Jeremiah 29:11
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