How to Vote

Joe Biden had it right. Our country will be tested. By terrorists. The ones who have not forgotten their hatred toward us, even if most of us have forgotten about them. The ones who necessitate that every American should be reading the Holy Bible in History class. They are the descendants of Ishmael; we are supporters of Israel.

If you don't know of what I speak, you can thank your public school system because whether you believe the Bible or not, it includes the story of our enemy. It used to be that social studies was for the purpose of understanding the world we live in, but it would appear now that we're only interested in indoctrinating our children to our own homemade, high-browed ideas of what is right and true. And most often, we're wrong.

Never mind that it will someday be our undoing.

So, how to vote?

I plan to vote the same way Jim and I chose guardians for our girls so many years ago. We didn't interview them with a flurry of hypothetical scenarios, we didn't presume to make conditions that would dictate the parenting of our children from the grave, and we did not assign guardianship to the perfect person who couldn't possibly follow through for the task.

Instead we chose to live in reality. We assigned a couple whom we believed would meet life's unknowns with strong character and then trusted them to make decisions accordingly. We also assigned a couple who were willing, and just as important--in a position to rise to the task physically, emotionally and financially.

I will vote much the same way tomorrow.

I will not over think every possible scenario; I will vote for the candidate who has proved himself through the courage to keep the code. He had me at, "No thanks."

I will not be swayed by youth, style or even energy. More important in these times will be the wisdom of many years.

I will not worry that she hasn't enough experience; if the Lord is with her, she can surprise the crowd and kill her foe with a slingshot. He will equip those He calls.

And if my candidate doesn't win, I take heart. It may be that no candidate will lead us, as a nation, to repentance, but it may be that one will chase us there. So I pray with complete confidence, "Not my will, but Thy will be done, Lord."