Today is Election Day.
I must admit that I am glad that it is finally here. I was getting very tired of 100 political
phone calls every day. Okay, maybe I exaggerated
some. It wasn’t really 100 a day, more
like 55 or so, but you get my point. In
spite of the calls, today was an important day for us for a number of reasons,
and since we homeschool I decided to make today a lesson about life and the way
that we choose to do things as a family!
The first thing that we did is sit down with our kiddos
and explain WHY they should vote. We
talked about the moral obligation that God holds us to. We talked about how you choose a candidate. We talked about how you need to research and
understand the issues. We talked about
why you need to be in agreement to your spouse on all ideas and why this is
important to not only your marriage but to God as well. Then we went and voted.
The children learned what it means to be an American as
they got to see democracy and the idea of a Republic in action. The children got to see how people can exercise
their rights and affect change on what they believe is true. The children got to watch as many different
people came together in one place for one common goal. The
children got to exercise patience and good manners while we stood in line and
waited.
The last thing that was taught today was that we don’t
have to despair if the person we chose to vote for looses. We talked about how God is in control no
matter what. We prayed for the candidates,
we prayed for God’s perfect will, we prayed for the nation, we prayed for each
other. All in all, I think that today
was a great field trip and day of learning about what it means to be an
American, but more importantly what it means to be a Christ Follower in America
who chooses to vote!
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