A Third Grade Opinion of the Political Race

“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.” 

(Psalm 20:7, NIV)

I was speaking to a mother of a third grade student the other day and she shared with me her son’s opinion to the presidential race.

She noted that she and her husband were traveling home and during the ride they became occupied in a conversation about the upcoming presidential vote and the candidates. Somewhere in the midst of their dialogue their son piped up from the back seat and said, “I know about Donald Trump.” The mom asked, “Well, what do you know about Donald Trump?” Her son responded, “He is the guy who wants to start World War II.” After much laughter, the mother asked if he knew who Hillary Clinton was. He responded, “Sure, she is the old woman who wants to keep us in school all year.” After another burst of laughter, mom asked, “So, who will you vote for?” The son paused and with a puzzled look said, “I don’t know, it’s too hard!” Honestly, this is a true story!

According to the Barna Research Group many voters today are struggling to choose who they believe is more presidential. Yet one thing I leave with you is that we must maintain our belief in our Redeeming God who remains upon His throne!

Let everyone be subject to the governing authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.” 

(Romans 13:1)

Prayer: We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand, which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with broken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us! It behooves us then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.
(In anguish over the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln declared a National Fast Day on March 30, 1863. Above is part of that declaration that seems so relevant even today.)

 “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 

(2 Chronicles 7:14)