Christian Engagement

Today's the big day--election day.  I am so happy it's over.  I am so very tired of the election commercials on TV.  I think everyone else is too.  No one talks about it.  People are so divided that we are afraid to bring the subject up.  Personally, I voted by mail, a month ago.  I honestly don't remember my voting choices.  I am so done.

No matter who wins, Jesus is still my King. I think we have to act like Christians, in the beginning.  Think how they began.  They were Jews who followed Christ, subject to the Roman Empire.  The Jews were throwing them out of the temple.  They didn't belong anywhere.  They were a minority.  They had no influence.

I'll say it again.  They had no influence.  How did they change the world?  They stayed true to Jesus.  They loved each other.  They served the poor, cared for the sick, they took in unwanted babies. They worshipped wherever, even in the catacombs. And somehow, their witness won over populations.

Christianity wasn't accepted until the Emperor Constantine accepted it and decriminalized it in the fourth century.  I'll repeat that, too--fourth century.  

Have patience and the humility to accept that you are only doing a small but important part making the Kingdom of God.  Have faith.