Trump or Harris ? What’s a Christian Housewife to do on November 5th? What are the choices? This race has turned out like I knew it would, an epic battle between the forces of good and evil. This U.S. Presidential election cycle makes the whole Star Wars movie series look like a minor skirmish. Propaganda, lies, half-truths, character assaults, not to mention assassination attempts, three injured men and a tragic death occurring at one of the political events. De-monetization and weaponization of governmental agencies against political enemies.The stakes couldn’t be higher. I pray continually about it. The United States of America is perilously close to a complete loss of freedom.
Freedom, what a perfectly marvelous word. FREEDOM. The slow loss of constitutional rights has begun in the United States and this election could put the final nail in the coffin of our rights. Whose fault is that? The American people’s fault, that is who. Thomas Jefferson is attributed with the quote that “the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” Our nation once heeded that advice and because of guarding our precious freedoms we prospered. When I speak of prosperity, it is in the broader context of the term. The spiritual prosperity is first and foremost the blessing of freedom. Then, all the other things associated with that term.
When we have freedom to practice our Christian faith, the wisdom of that faith takes root in our lives, our children’s lives and has effects in the community. That wisdom leads to safety in our streets, and better economic practices.. It leads to healthier marriages and very importantly it leads us to the form of government that the founding fathers in the United States established. For this last reason alone, Christian churches will always be targeted when dictatorship begins to take root.
The freedom of speech, the right to bare arms, and the freedom to practice our religion have all been part of the battleground issues being fought over in the United States of America. The right to privacy is completely gone as a result of the computer age intrusion on such things. Every dictatorship must have a good system in place to steal an election. Check. All of these things put together brings us to a place where it is possible for the government to control more and more of our lives. The sad thing is that people have just let their freedoms slip from their grasp, like sand disappears between your fingers. They did not know what they held in their hands and how to hold on to it successfully. Sometimes, you don’t know what you have until it’s gone.
As a Christian, I saw my rights slowly deteriorate in Westchester County New York over the years. I saw free speech only free if you agreed with the Democratic Party Platform. I saw free speech in the schools slowly die in my lifetime. I saw elected officials in my home state of New York tell Christians to leave the state. I saw people labeled as Nazis in small Westchester town hall meetings long before the main stream media accused Donald Trump of being one.
Yes, I saw the weapons of the left sharpened to a point and the practice knives thrown in small settings before the weapons were honed for much bigger fights. The course of history across the globe tells many such stories. It is the same old story in any country that has sunk into tyrannical rule. The story always proceeds just as described. Next, traditional statues are torn down, street and city names are changed, history books re-written, and the takeover of parental rights by the state. All those things have happened here in the United States. Next, dictatorship.
Benjamin Franklin was asked in 1787 upon exiting the Constitutional Convention of 1787 what form of government the delegates had created: his reply “ Well, Doctor, what have we got-a Republic if you can keep it.” I pray that through God’s mercy that we might have a fair and accurate election. My endorsement and the the candidate I will choose is Donald Trump. He is the only choice that will be able to help us keep this Republic alive. God bless you all.
