Faith with a side of Politics

and democracy is NOT a spectator sport.

I used to have this running conversation with my father and it used to annoy the heck out of me. You see my dad was in an accident and suffered a pretty severe blow to his independence in that he had to depend on others to do things for him which he used to readily do himself. He firmly believed the Lord was going to heal him. Insert my exasperation.

Now I am not saying the Lord would not heal him. I whole heartedly believe in God’s healing presence, timing, etc. However, if you are not doing ANYTHING to help in the process of healing, then why should God heal you? Hence, faith without works is dead.

The same principle can be applied to politics. If you firmly believe things will get better or the mechanisms in place will hold but you are not doing anything in the realm of your influence to ensure they will, then change is not going to come. You must be an active participant in the democracy you want to see or the healing you want to have in your body. If you are waiting for someone else do it, then you have already lost the battle.

How can you look at whats happening in the world and you not think to yourself what can I do? Ask yourself how can I leave the world in which I live in a better place today than I did yesterday?

I constantly think of my ancestors who fought for their freedom in perilous times when the price could have been their very lives. They weren’t just protesting and fighting for themselves but for the least of them. No matter what this administration attempts to do we cannot allow them to diminish the fighting spirit that lies just beneath the surface.

What does action look like for you? Is it postcards to your fellow voters to get the word out about a particular delegate in their state? Is it providing a correction to possibly some misinformation which has been rampantly spreading across the interwebs? Is it attending Indivisible meetings to stay abreast of various issues or topics which are at the forefront of the political arena? Is protesting your jam? Whatever it is..DO IT! Don’t talk about it. Don’t hem and haw around it. Don’t even dance around the thing. Put your feet in your shoes, your keys in your pocket and go do it! Someone is waiting on you to just show up.