We the People... are Lost

"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God."Romans 13:2

Yesterday's church service came just in time before my partisan eyes bled red and I threw myself on the mercy of the Lord with the knowledge that the world was going to end after November 6 if it didn't swing my way.

Spiritually kicked off my soapbox, I was brought to my knees and my angry tongue muted.

That's the power of the cross really. And nothing but the blood of Jesus can convict me in any other way.

Our Government is We the People.

And We the People have never been more divided, more contentious, more greedy, more self-righteous, and more self absorbed in materials and image idolatry than ever before.

We the Conservatives.

We the Liberals.

We the Republicans.

We the Democrats.

The challenge at hand is to be We the People of God first.

And what I heard from my Savior was the only job I have in this election is to glorify Him. Wow, have I fallen short. Emotionally charged I have pined for what's right but had to grit my teeth at the fact that the earthly truth is simply... gone.

Proverbs 21 states that the king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will. But does the king's will go against the Lord? Are we the people so blinded by our partisan views that the loony left misinterprets the constitution and the crazy right misinterprets The Bible?

These are questions to ask when you pull the lever. Or punch the chad. Or bravely trust the computerized ballot to calculate correctly. Not who do you believe, but what do you believe in.

This is not the Kingdom in which I belong, but what earth do I want to dwell?