The Top Spot

Although possibly to the injury of my mental health and certainly resulting in political fatigue, I have been paying close attention to the race for the top spot in American government and what historically has been regarded as the leader of the free world: the President of the United States.

While the die is not cast just yet, Cruz could overtake Trump and our justice systems may yet insist on "the big house" instead of The White House for Hillary, it is beginning to look like we will have a choice between "You've Got To Be Kidding" and "More Of The Same."

The difference between the potential of the two do do harm to our country can be explained by a simple metaphor:  If we were to liken their individual presidency to Russian Roulettte, Trump's unpredictable behavior would be like putting three bullets in a a six sho gun, spinning the revolver, putting the gun to our collective heads and pulling the trigger.  Hillary's third term of Obama's presidency, on the other hand, would be very predictable.  If Hillary is elected, it would be like putting six bullets in the same revolver.

I would have to say that a 50/50 chance of things improving is better than a 100% certainty of things traveling down the same path of bankruptcy.  That is to say I would be more in favor of a social experiment than with outright socialism.  But, "I can tell you this" that I can't be for sure "what difference, at this point, does it make."  (To those not paying close attention to politics, the first quote is Trump and the second is Hillary - jus' so's you know).

So, what hope do we have?  According to my son's recent Facebook comment, we don't have any.  And, I certainly agree with his assessment that there is no real hope in the presidential candidate pool.  However, that doesn't mean we have no hope.  I just think we have to be careful where we place our hope.

"Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God" (Ps 20:7).  While I plan to vote as always, I do not plan to put my hope in my candidate being selected or that good will follow in his wake.  But I do have hope for the future, a hope that does not depend on the winds of politics.  For I know that whoever is elected as President, Jesus Christ will still be King.  And, "I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day" (2 Tim 1:12).  Jus' Say'n.