Tomorrow will be the eleventh anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.  Seems hard to believe it really is that long since we watched those horrific acts.  More than a few commentators write about what our world is now like since 9/11.  Everything about our world changed in the span of a few hours that morning.  What we forget is the number of young people who do not recall anything about that day.  It must be like what our grandparents felt about life when people were too young to connect to Pearl Harbor.  Then it became what people thought in the years after the death of John Kennedy.  Tons of conspiracies grew out of all these events.  History tends to record the simple truth of each tragedy.

Now we remember as our next election is only a few weeks away.  The various media people will be raising their voices to new levels as we approach this occasion.  Both sides are making unreal claims for their candidate and against the opponent.  You may be interested to know this is not really uncommon.  Even in the earliest days of our country you could read varied newspapers which were aimed at one topic or the other.  The one difference is writers often hid their identity behind other names.  Now we just go ahead to display ignorance regardless of the issue.  One can only imagine just how bad things are going to get based on the last few months.

Neither party has a particularly great candidate.  The incumbent has issues to overcome as he opted to move far to the left in some areas.  The challenger is not known for being very dynamic in his campaign.  Both conventions were interesting at times but not very truthful.  That is not what conventions are for anyway.  Think of them as great big pep rallies for the faithful.  Each had its own entertainment.  Republicans had Clint Eastwood.  Democrats had Bill Clinton.  Neither convention really changed my mind much.  Gone are the days when conventions had real drama. 

Talking about politics is not easy for me.  I can discuss it for hours in general but my day job limits what can be said on occasion.  Most ministers usually don't do a good job of really dealing with that stuff anyway.  They come from one perspective or the other with no room for real thought.  You may not know that I cannot really say in public what is on my mind in detail.  I cannot just say one candidate by name is better than the other.  That is fine by me.  I am happy working with issues of debate to clarify our thoughts in a biblical pattern.  My ultimate view is that God can handle whatever the decision is this year.  This does not mean we should just put such things on the side since it is divine.  It does mean God knows how to work His will in any condition.  Whoever wins the election cannot change the grace or power of God.  He is still in control.  We still go vote but we don't need to fear the results.  At least that is my approach to this mess. 

Bro. Trey