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What to Do With Post Election Frustrations

It can be discouraging to vote and find out what you were supporting did not come to be. Even as we pray for God’s will to be done and the outcome appears so much different, it’s important we keep our chin up and not lose heart. God has given us free will—all of us. Looking now at the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis chapter 18-19, I read that Abraham asked God not to destroy the city if he could find any within that were righteous. He went from requesting God spare the city on the account of 50 … Continue reading →

Teach Your Children To Vote

Yesterday I exercised my freedom and voted. All over the country the polls experienced a larger voter turnout than in years. It is a wonderful thing that we have the opportunity to vote for our leaders and choose them and other initiatives based on majority opinion. I waited in line next to a man and his four-year old daughter. She thought they were going “boating”. When I explained that she had to be 18 to vote and that voting was really just choosing who our leaders were she was extremely disappointed. She told her father they needed to go somewhere … Continue reading →