Voices And Hearts

            Given the election results, I am nearly at a loss for how to respond.  I feel a bit shell shocked.   Between the drugs, gambling, homosexuality, greed, dishonesty, and lack of faith in a God of the universe in general, I believe, we as a nation, have gone far, far away from where God wants us to be. Our morals and ethics seem to have dropped to a point where I wonder if we will ever recover.  We have abandoned the very values this country was founded upon.

            There is a positive side, however: God is in control.  He knew how it was going to turn out before the election ever began.  I believe the stage is set for the end of time.  As we churn away in our own little worlds, something grander is taking place.  I have a Savior who uses all our bad choices for His good and there is peace in knowing that!

            As Christians, we may feel our voices have no credence here on Earth, as our votes seem trampled on and hidden beneath the rhetoric of those who are powerful and money hungry.  But we matter to God and power and money will mean nothing in eternity.  Our souls are at stake, not the material things we gather around us now.

            When I think about the loss the families in New York and New Jersey who were hit so hard from Hurricane Sandy are dealing with, I am reminded what we own in material goods, honestly has no value in the whole scheme of things.  There are families who lost not only their possessions, but their entire houses.  There is nothing left.  They are now at the mercy of family members or friends who were spared or who may not have been so brutally hit, FEMA who has limited funds, strangers who would donate from their “wealth” or insurance companies who are inundated with so many who experienced such total devastation, it will take years and years to get it all straight!

            Our voices are important as are our “hearts.”  Every time we share our faith with someone else, we have the potential to make a difference.  God is with us, despite our vulnerable situations and the crisis which this nation faces.   He is also, our Strength.  A relationship with Him is especially important, if we are to survive the next years.

            I hope each who reads this finds strength and peace today and in the next week, no matter what crisis the world sends you!

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?  Matthew 16:26