Manners In Politics

The election process is finally over in Georgia. Mr. Chambliss defeated Mr. Martin for one of Georgia's Senate seats and so it is done. Finally. At last. And I can't imagine how long it is going to take to clean up all the mess from the mud-slinging that this political race produced.

I don't know about you but the proliferation of attack ads sickened me more and more as the campaign slogged on and on and on. I have never missed an opportunity to vote since I turned 18 but I was tempted to skip this one. Not that I did not prefer one candidate over the other. I did and I voted that way. But I did get so disheartened by the whole attack thing that I almost had no stomach for being part of the process.

Let me say again, I voted anyway. But if I could get this message to either candidate for their future consideration, I would point them to God's Word, I Peter 3: 8-9, which says, "Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing." KJV

As a matter of fact, I would like to get that message into the heart of every candidate in every race for every office in the governments of all cities, counties, municipalities, states and the federal government so that we might have, once again, the opportunity to select a man on his merits rather than select him because of his opponents failures or lack of merit. I would rather see a candidate sell himself than watch him seek to destroy his opponent.

After all, didn't God teach us to be kind and tenderhearted and loving toward one another? Wow! When we stop listening, we really stop listening, don't we?

Another reason to pray. And pray. And pray. For revival. For you. For me. For them. For us. Oh, Heavenly Father! How we need an outpouring of your Power and Spirit and Love today. Grant it please, we humbly ask in Jesus name.

Finally, congratulations to all who won in the elections this year. I hope it was worth it.

In His Love
Walter