Should politics be a big deal to the average housewife? After all, husbands
and children have so many needs that fill up a wife’s time, and so do her
responsibilities in outside organizations.
Does this sound like your life?
“Ok, so there are minor elections being held today…but I have 3
loads of laundry, company coming over tomorrow, a house to clean, grocery
shopping to get done, and I promised Jimmy I would take him to the park after
school. Of course, I still have to get supper on the table as usual and make
sure everyone’s lunches are ready to go for tomorrow as well. I don’t have time
to find out who is running for what office and go over to vote. It’s not a big
deal. It’s not like this is the Presidential election or something. “
If that sounds like you, then this post is for you! One of
the things that makes the
United States of
America so unique is our free system of self
government. While the politicians haven’t been making most American’s proud
lately, we’re still better off than the vast majority of our counterparts
around the world.
(hmmm yeah, are you
dying to move to that bulwark of freedom known as communist China? You probably would have to stop reading my
blog. Facebook doesn’t go over too well either. Oh, and did you want more than
one child? So sorry. And how about that flourishing economic giant called Greece? Yep, their stability isn’t exactly
anything to bank on.) So let’s stop
and consider the process for a minute. People in cities, towns, and counties
all across
America
run for office and get elected. It’s not to any major position… they get on the
city council, become a county registrar, or sit on the local school board.
Nothing big. But they get involved and they make choices that impact the
regulations surrounding your local, daily life. Then after a few years they get
ambitious, and run for an office that’s a little bit bigger. Then eventually
they run for a state level representative office. After a term or two there,
they might go ahead and shoot for a Governorship, or perhaps a Federal
Representative or even a Senator. Next thing you know, over the course of 10 or
20 years, that person you didn’t bother to vote for (or against) is pursuing
some of the highest offices in the land and is impacting BIG decisions that
affect everyone.
So what is the application here?
Take the time to get involved at every level. Examine the
issues, read about the candidates. Find ones locally that believe what you
believe and support what you support. Then vote for them. Do your part to help
move them along in the political process. If you want to have good men and
women working for you in Washington,
you have to start supporting them when they live in your town and work for you
there.
Oh, you want to know why? Why should you delay those things
you need to do, risk a messy house for company, or have a less then perfect
meal prepared? Because, dear housewife, those men in
Washington
are voting on legislation that will build or destroy your country and your way
of life. If you want your husband to keep his stable job and provide a nice
home for your family, he and his company need to stay in business which is hard
to do in a shrinking economy. He needs to be able to save his income for
emergencies and your children’s college fund, not have a quarter of it taken
away in taxes. You need to have freedom of choice as to how you educate your
children, where it happens, and what they are taught. You need the ability as a
family to decide what medical care is best, what doctor will work with you when
you are expecting your next little baby, and to have the choice to allow it to
live, even when medical science predicts that he or she cannot. You should have
the freedom to attend a church that preaches exactly what the Bible teaches
without the pastor being censored because the government thinks differently
than Scripture.
There are many many many people out there who believe the
government knows better than the individual. They think that the government
needs to take care of the individual, regardless of what that individual
thinks, because they are smarter. YOU, my friend, may well be that individual
one day. If you are a freedom loving American, don’t wait until you have no
freedom left to get involved. (which means you need to get active ASAP, we’re
losing many of our freedoms rapidly.) As we look at a minor election such as
the upcoming Presidential primary… DON’T decide that it is a done deal, the
outcome can’t change, and your vote doesn’t matter. Your vote does! Already the
Iowa primary had only an 8 vote
difference between first and second place. Don’t ever give up your privilege to
vote. Strive to always be able to say, regardless of the outcome, that you did
your smallest part to fight for what was right by voting for those who
supported your point of view. If you can find ways to get involved in their
campaigns, even better! But at least take a stand. There are millions of people
in America who
think and feel the way you do. If they all went and voted, what a difference
their voice might make!
Will your voice be silent? Or will it be heard?
