Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Westcliffe, Colorado

Election Day

For many of us today couldn't come fast enough.  We're tired of all the adds, phone calls and signs.  We're ready to get this thing over with.

After the ballots are counted and a presidential candidate is declared the winner there will be many people who are happy and almost equally as many people who will be disappointed.  There will be those who say our nation has been saved and those who will say that our nation is going to...well you know where.

Which ever side of the fence you fall, remember this, God's love for you and for his people will not change.

You will get up tomorrow morning, eat breakfast (oatmeal with blueberries here), brush your teeth and begin your day.  I invite you to take a deep breath.  Whoever is president will not save us nor will he damn us. 

In the midst of our frustration with this election, there is only One person who needs to be trusted.

"Be still, and know that I am God.  I will be exalted among the nations.  I will be exalted in the earth!" Psalm 46:10 ESV

There are people who still live in this house near the Sangre de Cristo mountains. This home appears to have been here for quite some time.  Daily the picture of the mountains change.  The sun rises and sets.  It has weathered many other elections.  And so will we.

Whether it is true that in heaven there is no beer is up for debate, but I can guarantee this, there will be no elections.  There is only One who sits on the throne, and there he will remain for all eternity.

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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012 Douglas P. Brauner.  ARR.