I hope you will go out and vote today if you haven't already voted. Thankfully Tennessee had early voting so I got to vote a couple of weeks ago with no lines. I hope the polls will stay open as long as there are voters in line. Hopefully in the future all states will have early voting, it is crazy that some don't have this option. We are four years away from one hundred years since women got the right to vote in America. It is a privilege and a right that we have. Women were arrested and beaten, Emily Davison in England died for this cause just so we could cast our opinion in the world of politics.
I know this election is unlike any ever and it is historic. Either a woman will win for the first time or a business man who has never held a political office will win. Many women I know didn't want to vote for either and everyone has the write in option.
I hope this election will start a conversation of what is acceptable and unacceptable to say while running for president. Both sides have said things that they should not have, but Trump definitely was worse.
Women are judged differently, I think even more so by other women. If Clinton was a man this would be different. I have seen so many women defend Trump, I guess it's because they are a die hard Rep. The women who came forward to accuse Trump are vilified, by other women. Yet if that happened to their daughters (more than likely at some time in their lives it will happen) they would be furious.
I think in one hundred years this election may be remembered differently than how we see it today. I think God is trying to get the attention of Christians. With this election and the last election I think He has put before us two Saul type of nominees. Remember the Israelites wanted a king in 1 Samuel 8:7 and God said "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king." We should not look at leaders to fix everything, we should look to God.
Brace yourself this may rock your world - God is not a Republican. If you look at the platforms for both parties they both fall short of the Bible. I know Christians usually vote Republican and I'm not saying to change parties, but if both parties fall short of the core of Christianity then who should we vote for? I don't know, but I believe God is trying to get our attention and putting Romney a Mormon 2012 and Trump 2016 as the nominees has been very frustrating for many Christians I know.
I do know that some people in our country have gone crazy or maybe they were always this way, but because Trump has spoken freely about such hatred they are going off the deep end. That behavior should not be American in an way. Although I know our history is steeped in that way of thinking. We should be civil to each other even if we have different views.
Personally I voted for Clinton. I am not a charity or church so I can freely say that. Why? Look I'm not happy with the Dem platform, but neither am I happy about the Rep platform. I voted for the person who I thought would be the best fit for our country and could do the job. I couldn't fathom voting for someone who seems to have such hate for women, blacks, Latino, war hero's and the disabled. Did I miss any group? Not to mention, no experience in politics. If you are a Clinton hater that is OK, I'm not happy with some of her decisions either. She is in the spotlight so it's easier to see her faults while we keep ours all to our selves and judge from afar. No one is perfect, except Jesus! My kids especially my daughter will take it for granted that a woman could get the nomination and possible the presidency. So many other countries have already had women leaders. It seems like no one is talking about the possible first woman president, which seems strange to me. We are independents and until a party follows the Bible I think we will stay that way.
God knows every single leader we will ever have in ALL countries and in Daniel 2:22 He says that He rises up and disposes leaders. He knows what He is doing, even if it looks like chaos to us.
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