Today is the day after the Missouri Presidential Primary Election for 2016.  I hope everyone voted.  I know many feel like their vote doesn’t count, but that isn’t true and anyway, it’s a duty to your country to vote and participate in the process.  I obviously voted for Ted Cruz.  However you voted is your business.  Still at this minute we don’t have a declared winner in the Republican race in Missouri.  It is right now at  40.8% Trump and 40.6% Cruz.  I’m not sure when it will be done so we will just have to wait and see what happens.  Next week I will start posting on the local and state elections that are coming up in May.

Over the weekend, Eric and I attended a rally at Evangel University for Ted Cruz.  It was awesome to see so many people who basically were in agreement about a candidate.  We stood in line for close to two hours, in the drizzly rain.  And it was worth every minute. The atmosphere was electric and the chapel was packed to standing room only.  It was exciting and encouraging to get to be around like minded people.  Pastor John Lindell from James River Church led the prayer and it was powerful and hopeful.  David Limbaugh spoke and would be what I classify as an attack dog against everything Trump.  Then Ted Cruz took the stage.  He gave mostly the speech I have heard before, but it was nice to see him in person and to do so in the presence of Americans who know and recognize the serious times in which we live.  It was a blessing to share it with Eric.

So I made some phone calls last week for Ted Cruz and I have been talking to everyone I see about him.  Also, talking a little about Trump and pointing out some of the problems I see with him.  I went to vote yesterday and went to the Cruz rally on the weekend, but mostly, I have prayed and prayed and prayed for Ted Cruz, our country, the lost souls of our world, our government officials, for the very soul of America.  Continuously praying that God will heal our land and that we will have more time to win souls to him.  I know that I am probably annoying to some on the internet with the postings and articles I share.  I feel like that is my only way of letting others know some of the information I feel is important.

One day last week I just felt like giving up.  All the news is so negative toward Ted Cruz and has all but anointed Donald Trump as President.  I see all these people that have always espoused conservative principles and now are backing a candidate that treats us all like idiots.  I see all the religious leaders that are backing and I cannot reconcile the two.  I see TV hosts and entire shows and even entire channel that are all about promoting “the Donald”.  So far, no one who is endorsing him can answer any of these questions in a way that makes any sense.  The saddest person that has turned their back on the conservatives and more importantly to his Christian base is Ben Carson.  He is a genius, or so I thought and I guess that disappointment really got to me last week and I began to doubt whether any of this is important at all.  But, of course, it is.

Today, I looked into my devotional and read this, “trust that it makes a difference”.  This was referencing, once again, the children of Israel and the directions by God to march around the walls of Jericho seven days in a row after walking 40 years in the wilderness.  Surely God knew they were tired, but he asked them to “carry on”.  It does make a difference and in this instance, following God’s plan and having faith to continue following did make a difference.  Now what I am doing in my life, as pertaining to telling people about voting and remembering to uphold the Biblical principles when voting, has seemed to be useless at times.  I don’t know if I influence others to actually vote, or to take their vote serious, but I have asked God to use me in that way, so I am going to continue and I know that it’s what he has put in my heart and it will make a difference, even if I don’t see it.

So it’s important to remember that even when it doesn’t seem like what you are doing in your life or job or family is making a difference, IT IS.  Prayer changes things.  Go to God and ask Him what you should be doing and how you can make a difference and then Take a Stand and do it.  Prayer can and does change everything.

Here’s some pretty flowers outside my house today.

And a beautiful masked lady!!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND TAKE A STAND!!