A Political Housewife?

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?