Editorial Spring 2008
Candidates and Promises: the real global warming
The other day a total stranger dropped into a chair beside us while my husband and I were having a burger at a restaurant. He proceeded to complain heatedly and grossly about the Presidential candidates. We were polite, but I'll bet the look on my face is what finally got him to move. My "Hulk" side was beginning to surface.
The anger in the "air" around us is palpable. People are so hot about whichever candidate they have or are against that the resulting swirl of nasty behavior is becoming ridiculous. If people can't see through the words spoken, if they can't control their brains enough to see the truth in whoever they are listening to, the nation is in serious trouble. More than we thought. More than the sins in the atmosphere, we are facing deception on a scale of movie-style epic proportions.
For all of us this is a time of faith and prayer. We absolutely MUST seek God for His mercy and grace. Rumors, hatred, racism, anger, all must be thrown away in favor of the unity of the Holy Spirit. All races must unify to seek God's heart. All parties must pray for the RIGHT choice, not have tantrums over a specific one. God is the ultimate judge. If we get snaggled in this campaign so deeply that we totally miss the importance of the issues before us, we will fall and fall hard.
Personally, I don't want to be awakened at 3a.m. to the sound of a nuclear explosion. I don't want to awaken to the prospect of my home town's economic collapse. And I'm not giving up my rights as an individual without a struggle. Our climate here is bad for growing some things that we like to eat.. And most of the area is now asphalt instead of farmland. So I'm very concerned that our next President be strong and have excellent advisors. We must have our Lord's choice for America.
Let's not feed the bad spiritual climate. Let's be part of the solution, not the problem. The "global warming" we need to be concerned with is one that is revving up hatred, anger and murder. Let's cool it off. Let's keep a cool head in the midst of what surrounds us. Let's have faith. Remember the first line of an old poem your English teacher probably had you memorize:
"If you can keep your head when all about your are losing theirs..."