My stomach dropped. It did. As I heard my mom exclaim in the other room, I knew. Obama won. This is not NECESSARILY a political post, honestly. Was I disappointed? Yes, but it mostly just made me think. My mind is still reeling at the millions and millions of posts about the election. Hearing what people have to say... kills me.
Division. DIVISION. DIVVVIISSSIIOON.
It literally makes me nauseous, the avid, slit your throat division going on in the country. If I can get on my soapbox for a moment I would like to say that what makes it worse is most Americans are uninformed, band-wagoners, and that goes for both sides, they have no idea what this country's structure is, much less political agenda, policy, and what that means. To go a little further, most have little respect for the other. Granted, it is hard to stay unbiased when issues affect you personally, however most Americans don't care to research, they just swallow the carefully doctored food the media feeds and takes it to argue menially. Really, Republicans and Democrats a like don't care to look up facts. Honestly, when the evidence is right there in front of them. Case in point, in 4 years the debt has increased to 16 trillion. When it 8 years in Bush terms it only increased by 4 trillion.That is something no one can argue with, it's plain truth and honestly, I hate conflict, but no political, religious or social beliefs can argue with money and how America is with no question in debt up to their eyeballs that keeps growing.
But I don't want this to be a political post. Not necessarily. It just scares me how little people care to actually research issues. Real research, not just news sites. But actual research of WHAT you believe and WHY. That is becoming my biggest issue. There is so much conflict, when I think about it, its like hearing fingernails scratch across a chalkboard, but the problem I'm seeing is a nation divided and most don't know WHY.
They don't know why they believe what they believe, they don't know why they support the candidate they support, and they don't fully know their beliefs.
The moral compass has significantly decreased in society. America is more evident simply because we live 'first world lives' with even the poorest people usually having a television and a cellphone. However, the jokes we make, the things we talk about, the trash we fill our lives with, is showing how little reverence we have for anything. I'm not saying that we should have a Puritan status quo or anything, but have some ethical standards. SERIOUSLY. It's a lack of respect. I love that we have free speech. Other countries have had people murdered for speaking their mind, but its a lack of emptiness in our speech. Its a lack of substance in our actions. We speak and we do not know why we are saying these things. I guarantee atleast 50% of voters on both sides had no idea why they were voting for their candidate. (Speaking from a purely biased point of view, many Obama fans have no idea what they were talking about, if you don't believe me look on Twitter. But back to being fair.)
Anyways, as a Christian, my job is to trust God. I get caught up in the political hub-bub and people can argue, and name call, and slit throats, but ultimately it is God's plan. I remind myself that God loves everybody the same. He loves me, just as much as he loves a satan worshipping serial killer.
Personally, I don't want to live in a world without God. How hopeless is that? To have nothing to look forward to or lean on after living in this grief-stricken, poverty filled, conflict ridden world.
God put Obama in place. I'm not happy. But I cannot continue praying for someone, and continue hating them.
That does not mean we can stay stationary and wait for God to come back. We still can take part in our country. We can get informed, and really know why we believe the things we believe before we ignorantly absorb everything a celebrity tells us on Twitter (sometimes they get paid, guys).
Look at the facts, preferably from an unbiased source. And make your decision. And ask yourself, why do you believe what you believe? And why are you proclaiming it?
Just a thought.
I know the things I believe. I know my perspective on the issues. But it's in God's hands. C'est La Vie.
Love, your wearisome citizen, Shelby
