Election Reflection

Things I have learned or that have been reaffirmed in my mind this election:

1. Freedom requires me using my voice to stand up and defend the things that I believe in. People standing up for what is right allows God to bless us as people and as a nation.

2. I need to personally study the Constitution and the Federalist Papers so that I can defend them.

3. Our respect as a nation for life must include ALL life and not just the lives of the unborn. This includes people of all nations, genders, and races; the young, the elderly, the disabled, the rich and the poor. God is no respecter of persons and neither should we be. Each and every person is valued of God

4. I need to seek out and promote with my voice people who are honest, wise and full of integrity to positions of leadership. I cannot stand silently by and hope for the best. I must help to make it happen.

5. I want a president who would be a president of the people, not a party president. The two party system brings division and corruption into our country. All voices are important and must be respected.

6. My vote is my voice and I should use it as such. It is through our varied voices that we truly understand where it is that we as a country stand and where we can find commonalities.

7. “It is never too late to do the right thing”. Sometimes standing up at the end seems to make very little difference or no difference at all, but if we never start, then change will never come.

8. I truly believe that although the candidate I voted for and defended did not win, I believe with all my heart that God will bless our country more because of his run for president. I saw people standing up all over the country in defense of that which is good, and right. Kindness instead of hatred was spoken. A vision for America was shared rather than a vision of division. For the first time in a long time, I saw people of all faiths, nationalities and backgrounds come together in defense of kindness, goodness and decency. I think that we as a country are better for it and that we will all be blessed by it.

Our next election for president is in four years from now and I know that from this point until then there has been a change in me. I will promote now what I want to see in four years. I will study the Constitution and defend and explain it to the best of my ability. I will try to be engaged and informed on decisions in my community and state. We should be proud to vote and proud of who we vote for. We should be voting for people full of integrity and the principles they stand for, not against them. This country is very blessed. We have an inspired Constitution and we as people need to understand and defend it that we can not only preserve the freedoms contained within it for our nation, but also so that it can be a light and a beacon of liberty to all nations. - Naomi