Voting

I went to the polls early this morning as my son woke us up at 6:15 a.m. As my husband and I walked down the street and turned into our polling place with Malcolm in the stroller, I got this tingling of pride and excitement that I was going to vote. I felt like a dork and then realized that it wasn't just that I was going to mark a few things on a ballot, but that I was doing my part to make the world what I think it should be and that we were bringing our son into the process at an early age.

There are big issues on the ballot, gay marriage and death penalty. I find my heart beating fast everytime I think about them because how these issues come out effects people around me. I don't believe that we should be in the business of killing people - we are not to be an eye for an eye kind of people, but a people who "Loves the Lord their God and loves their neighbor as themselves." We are to be a people who stand up for the rights of others rather than trying to restrict their rights.

God, be with us today as we vote that we may see the enormity of what we are doing. Guide us and give us grace to do your will in the world you have given us to care for and to nurture.