A long shot!

Like so many other people in my country, I love my country but I am appalled at the events of this primary.  I’m discouraged at the offerings and at the division that has brought us to a spot no one can really love.  So many arguments fly about with insults and half truths and now the front runner for one party is amazingly inept and the front runner for the other party is a buffoon.  All the good guys seem to have fallen away for a lack of unity and finance.  You may say that’s how our system weeds out the weak, but it is close to being a failed system.

I’ve heard the frustration ending in “What can we do about it?” or “It’s already too far gone.”  I have been there: overwhelmed by stupidity for awhile now. I’ve felt discouraged and borderline hopeless. Hind sight is a great teacher, but doesn’t offer much of a near future.  I don’t want to be just another example for some distant generation.  But what can we do? 

People say “Get out there and vote!”  I have; you have.  We’re run over by sound bites and media manipulators.  They wear their pride as a medal.  They rejoice in the confusion of the American people based on their own elevation to supposed importance.  “We will help you sort this out.  We will help you decide.  No we cannot help you if the results go sour. We will, however, cover that on the news from our own perspective and let you know where you messed up.”

So you can see that I am worked up, I would imagine.  I am.  And yet we are not left without resource as the media dogs would suggest as they circle us for the kill.  If you are a serious conservative who wants a change, if you are a believer in an omnipotent God, we have a resource.  Our constitution allows for a write in vote.  Frankly it’s a mountain that will be more challenging that anything we’ve done in this generation.  If something should turn around and we have a decent candidate offered, well then we’ve learned and grown.  And if that doesn’t happen, it is possible to win this with a write in.

We must pray.  We must be aware of who is out there that will make a good leader.  We can offer those suggestions.  We must research to be sure this person is a leader we can count on to make Godly decisions and follow conservative principles.  It needs to be a person who can work with others and represent himself or herself well before the nations while holding onto good character and belief.  It needs to be a person who understands conflict and who believes in right and the power of God, a person with enough guts to do the best thing in every situation.  God can lead us to that person if we pray for it and research.  This media world allows us to connect with each other to the point where we could elect a person without the primaries.  The candidate must legally qualify.  Again, we must research. The person must be willing to serve and have good endorsements.

Could this fail?  Yes.  But is it worth a try? YES.  We must go unified in November to the polls knowing that we have each other’s backs, understanding that our vote may lose.  But it could win.  These are my thoughts this day.  I will start praying for wisdom and revelation.  Join me?