Get out the Vote

It's Election Day, have you voted yet? I haven't, but it is only 8:45 a.m. as I type this. I'll make it out a little later. My husband voted on his way to work this morning and said he had to stand in line for 45 minutes. I'm hoping if I go a little later it won't be as long. I'm definitely going though, even though I'm pretty sure I am battling pneumonia. I have a doctor's appointment later this afternoon.

The point is, exercising my right to vote is very important to me, as it should be to every American. A chance meeting with someone I have not seen in years drove the point home last weekend. I was at a fundraising dinner and she stopped me and said "Do you remember me, Tracy?" It turned out to be someone who was in a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group I helped lead. She was only in it for a year and then moved out of state, but she remembered me because of my leadership role. She went on to explain that her time in that MOPS group impacted her so much that when she moved she looked for another group to join in her new town. When she couldn't find one, she started one. Now, because of a little ministry here in my little town, women and families in another state are being impacted for Christ. Isn't it great how God works?

Likewise, the actions we take today at the polls will have a ripple effect throughout the world. Think about that when you go to cast your vote. The decision you make in electing the leader of the free world will somehow make a difference in the lives of others around the world. Voting is that important!

No matter who wins this election, my prayer is that all Americans will rally behind the new president, and that our country, which has sadly become one nation under many gods, will unite to truly become "one nation, under God."

"1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves." Romans 13:1-2