Rambling on about democracy, decency, faith, and life…..

I REMEMBER… when democracy was  what we favored, wanted, fought for… I can remember people accepting each other, it was a struggle we lived through, the changes were hard fought, we’re a bit overwhelming and scary for me as a young person but we powered through.

I was a Young Democrat, my father a shining example of empathy, love for his neighbor, a caring doctor, and head of the Democratic party in Spalding County. It was how we lived, love our neighbor, do good, care for those who need it. He practiced in his practice, in life. He was no saint, just a good man whose core was aligned with how Jesus said we were to live.

It is that core he helped build in me, my faith, my beliefs that we are ALL Gods children, and as such are all family. I am weary, I am on the edge refusing to fall over into the lies and darkness. I fight and struggle to find truth and not lose faith in people. I admit, I am finding it harder lately to not hold my tongue when the ignorance and vile lies are spewed at me. Very hard… but I’m not giving up because the God voice in me tells me I. Am. Not. Alone.

I see and hear in the quietness of some the pain I feel, I see the spark in others that ignites in me the courage to believe I, We, will survive this, this too shall pass. But I will never follow evil, I will not believe the lies, I will not hate because of differences in culture, heritage, color, or sexual ideals. I don’t hate the ignorance,  I pity it…  I’m so sorry, so devastated that those who are lost in it, who are so deeply stuck they can’t let go and Follow the real, the truth, love one another and accept and grow. It hurts me, I hurt for you, for the world.

I AM LEANING LEFT, BECAUSE JESUS WALKS ON THAT SIDE AND HE HOLDS ME… He carries me, gives me the strength, the belief that even in this dystopian world, there is hope, God is my/our Keeper… so while I walk through the struggle, I’m not thinking what about me, I’m thinking what about Us All.. how will we all find our way back. I know our help will come from God, he will move us, we will find our way back to reality and evil will be defeated… the evil being lauded on, the men and women striking division will meet their end…

I will not sway in my walk, I am walking leaning left toward His ways, loving as he said and believing in His truth.  May my faith be my shield against the evil, the ignorance,  the hate… God does not promise to keep us from all difficulty and trouble but to carry us through it, He has never left me behind thus far.

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