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John Edwards in 2008 & God Outside My Window
By newsguy | October 30, 2007
I’m not a very religious person, but I do believe in God.
And I believe God isn’t a vague, unreachable being residing somewhere in the sky. I believe He exists here on Earth, in everyone and everything He created.
I look outside my window and I see God in the lake nearby, and in the vibrant autumnal trees around me. I walk down the street and see God in the children coming home from school, trundling off the bus laden with books that remind me of their fresh minds and their potential to someday accomplish great things. I see God in the firehouse up the hill, where volunteers vigilantly wait for the call that could put their lives in peril just to save mine.
But I don’t see God in the encroachment of human development on the land around the lake, and I don’t see God in the rising water levels. I don’t see God in the razing of local forests to make way for more parking. God is missing from the asthmatic wheezing of children who may have breathed easier if they were born in a time and place with less pollution and greater access to local healthcare. I don’t see God in their shivers as they walk to school without jackets to shelter them from the cold. Where is God in the wasted lives of soldiers who face war with the same generous bravery and dedication that our firemen fight our fires?
Photo by Alex De Carvahlo. Some rights reserved.
We need a steward: someone who will fulfill promises to protect our environment, improve our healthcare, combat poverty, mind our public resources, and save our troops from needless death and misery. I believe that John Edwards can be that steward. I’m not suggesting he’s God, or even god-like. Far from it! He’s a man, but a man in a position to enact change. John Edwards plans to cut back on carbon dioxide pollution, reduce poverty levels, increase healthcare coverage, save our troops, and defend our civil rights. He will fight for what’s good and right, and help to bring all that is Godly—joy, peace, love, security, and abundance—back into our lives.
I want to see God unhindered in all of us—every plant, every child, every breath of air—and we need someone who will do his best to better our world. I want a president who’ll remind me that even when God seems to have gone missing he’s still here, waiting for us to return him to our awareness. John Edwards said,
“When things seem at their worst and their lowest, [God] will always be there for you.”
I want my president to be there for me too, fervent in his belief that we can continue to make a place for God and all the blessings He brings.
In 2008 I will vote for John Edwards because I want to see God outside my window, and I know John Edwards will do everything he can to keep Him there.
Written by Dina Ely
Topics: Discuss Amongst Yourselves |
November 1st, 2007 at 1:25 pm
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November 1st, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I loved the serene appreciation of creation in your post, but didn’t find a strong connection to electing John Edwards. Bush brings God to too many discussions, and IMHO to too few decisions. How has John Edwards been a good steward? What has he DONE rather than just said?
November 20th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Go Colbert! As wacky and wierd as he is, I’d vote for him.