I'm so tired. Tired of the rhetoric. Tired of the unsolicited text messages. Tired of the stacks of political mail that goes straight from the mailbox to the trash can. Tired of the harassing and the haranguing. Tired of the guilt tripping. Tired of the smoke and mirrors on one side and the loud, brazen brashness and disrespect on the other. Tired of the honking, flag-flying cars and trucks driving through downtown. Tired of the overall lack of civility.
It seems most people feel like the world will end if their candidate doesn't win tomorrow. But you know what? It won't. The world is going to end, but not as a result of an election. The Bible says the earth is all going to burn. But only when when God is good and ready. Only He knows when that will be. So in the meantime, can we work on our world? Can we look for the good instead of the bad? Can we see people as people and now our enemies? We're humans, not just voters.
I have seen good lately: in the well-dressed woman who got off her bike to get a water bottle out of her saddle bags and give it to a homeless person. In the neighbors who brought us a six pack of gourmet cupcakes. In the city's food drive. In the wrap-around care given to grieving parents. In unsolicited cards of encouragement from friends. I have no idea how most of these people voted. I don't really care to know. Life is a lot more than politics.
I'm so tired, tired of the world we live in. But what if instead of tiring ourselves with the news, with what we dislike we tired ourselves with doing good? What if we tired ourselves texting our friends to say we care? What if we overloaded the postal service with notes of encouragement? What if we spurred one another on towards love and good works? What if we took to the streets to tell people they are loved? What if we considered our neighbors as better than ourselves? What if we grew weary of doing good instead of weary of the world? That, my friends, might actually make a difference.No president or elected official can truly change our world. Only we, with God's help, can do that.
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
100% true. In the end, we must all just help each other through compassion and understanding. We are all an interesting combination of circumstance, trauma, privilege and faith.
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