VOTE!

I usually don’t post or comment on politics, but this time is too important, even critical, for me not to do so.  As election day approaches, let us be prayerful in our choices to lead our government.  Liking someone isn’t a reason, nor is not liking someone.  We should vote for the candidate that is truly best for our community, city, state, and nation.  Ones who have a platform and don’t just talk about what should be.  The persons who best represent reason and the legitimate issues and interests of the people and the nation.  Candidates who will not abuse power but will remain humble and possess the mental and moral power and capacity to carry out the requirements of office.  They must justly handle any situations, domestically or internationally, that may arise and negatively affect the interests and national security of the United States of America.  They must be about We the People.

Let us vote and vote with truth.  Truth to our beliefs; truth to the word of God; and truth to our city, state, and nation.  Let us vote with conscience.  Conscience to do what’s right, period.  And we truly know what that is, if we will admit it.  Let us vote with love.  Love for our great nation, America the beautiful: love for our brothers and sisters; and love for our God.   Most of us know what He says about love.

Some well-known people in American history had this to say about voting.  They spoke with wisdom and truth.  Words, if followed, can help secure the democracy of the United States of America, the greatest and most important country in the world.

Lyndon B. Johnson

“A man without a vote is a man without protection.”

John F. Kennedy

“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.”

Alexander Hamilton

“This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.”

Susan B. Anthony

“Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.”

Thomas Jefferson

“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”

George Jean Nathan

“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who don’t vote.”

Keith Ellison

“Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.”