November 6, 2012. Election Day. Today I am reminded of the significant changes in my life over the last four years. I can honestly say I am better off today than I was four years ago. Not in the typical political and economic measures of this life, but I find value in greater things.
In 2008 as the primaries unfolded I remember being dumbfounded that Barack Obama emerged as the Democratic nominee. It was beyond comprehension to me. Everything I despise about his ideology and policy was on his sleeve for the world to see and yet millions found it invisible or embraced it. As he became the President of the United States something stirred in me.
It was months later after the sting of the election began to fade to the dull pain that would persist for four years that I was awakened. The call came in. "Get involved", He said. "Make a difference. Don't be a silent bystander anymore. Be part of the decision making process." I know my wife was as surprised as I was when I said "I'm going to run for city council."
The rest as they say is history, but today after having the elation and anxiety of casting ballots for myself three times in the last four years I will cast my most anticipated ballot of my life. I know I'm not alone either. I've watched with wonder over the last fours years larger and larger groups of patriots not follow the typical American way of short memory and loss of attention, but instead focus and hard work towards a solution to a problem. Today is not the culmination, but the beginning.
I'm thankful for the change in my life that I can be a part of finding solutions to problems in the world around us, small as they may be in the grand scheme of things. I pray that I can inspire people around me to get involved too. I pray that I can restore honor to elected office in general. And I pray that I will reach as many people as possible with the Good News of redemption found only through Jesus Christ.
God Bless America.
A.J.
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