Politics. It's what's for dinner.

Trump. Hillary. Feel the Bern. Ted. Are you ready for the madness that is also know as "Election Year'? I really do enjoy politics but I also enjoy turning off the computer, radio, and TV when I have had enough. I enjoy the strategy involved in politics and I enjoy reading some of the legislation that is introduced in the House and Senate just for the fun of it. I am certain that is not normal and that I should have myself committed because of my actions.

Are you one of those informed voters or do you vote for the best dressed person or do you vote for a candidate because your parents were a republican or democrat and that's how their parents voted before them? What if I told you that you no matter who is elected the one thing that remains absolutely clear is that we each need to take care of our own house first before we worry about what is going on in the White House? Let me try to adjust your focus just slightly, if I may. No matter what happens in the news, you will still have to go to work. You will still have to take your kids to school or if you do not have kids, you will have to fight through traffic to get to your event. You will still have to pay bills and you will still need to make wise choices about the financial decisions in your life. It does not matter who is in office, because you have to focus on you and your life.

Want to know a dirty little secret about life? Here is a spoiler alert...no one gets out of here alive. I'll give you a second to let that soak in. I know. I am such a jerk. I just told you how life ends. What if I told you that what is happening in the world today is not new. I believe in Gods word. I believe that God sent his son, Jesus, to die for my sins and yours. I also believe that we are called to love. I also believe in what Ecclesiastes 1:9 says, "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."

Do not get me wrong. You need to be informed on what is going on in the world and you are called to be informed. But if you claim to be a follower of Christ, then you that you are called to pray for our leaders. 1 Timothy 2:1-3 tells us to "First of all, I ask you to pray much for all men and to give thanks for them. 2 Pray for kings and all others who are in power over us so we might live quiet God-like lives in peace. 3 It is good when you pray like this. It pleases God Who is the One Who saves."

It is extremely easy for us to share our thoughts on social media, but it's hard to pray for those we may not completely agree with. But what if prayed for our leaders? Our neighbors? Our nation? Our world? What if our first priority was our own home? I would venture to say that if we did all of that, everything else would fall into place. Here's another spoiler alert...we do not live in a perfect world. 

Jimmy