Campaign 2008
Today is Primary Day in North Carolina. Many people are making their way to the Polls to cast their vote. Others are choosing to stay at home. Some do so because they feel betrayed by their political party. Some stay home because they have lost faith in the political process. Others stay home because they simply don't care.
I pray and I vote. I do so primarily because of 1 Timothy 2:1-4, which reads:
First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:1-4 NASB)
I also pray and vote because I understand the importance of responsible citizenship. While I do not place my hope in any political party (my trust is in Lord Jesus), I am a citizen of the United States of America and my vote counts.
Consider the difference that one vote makes. ONE VOTE made Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and gave him control of England in 1645. ONE VOTE condemned Charles I and caused him to be executed in 1649. ONE VOTE kept Aaron Burr – later charged with treason – from becoming President of the United States in 1800. ONE VOTE elected Marcus Morton governor of Massachusetts in 1839. ONE VOTE made Texas part of the United States in1845. ONE VOTE saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment in 1868. ONE VOTE changed France's governmental polity from a monarchy to a republic in 1875. ONE VOTE admitted California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho into the United States in 1850 (California and Oregon), 1889, and 1890. ONE VOTE elected Rutherford B. Hayes to the Presidency in 1876 and the man in the Electoral College who cast that vote was an Indiana Representative also elected by ONE VOTE. ONE VOTE made Adolf Hitler head of the Nazi Party in Germany in 1923. ONE VOTE maintained the Selective Service System (the draft) only 12 weeks before Pearl Harbor in 1941. ONE VOTE per precinct would have elected Richard Nixon, rather than John Kennedy in 1960. One vote counts! Your vote counts! Pray and Vote!
