Here it is, another election day. Today, if I wanted to, I could vote for a Black man to be president and a female to be vice president...or not...I often go back and forth on whether or not I am going to take the time to vote...seeing there really aren't any great and obvious choices. As I studied the Book of Mormon this year I gained a greater sense of patriotism. Not only for the blessing of living in a free land...one where I can vote, I can express my opinion without fear of government restrictions. or regulations. I also gained an understanding of my responsibilities to act in defense of the rights that I have.
I am not going to take the time to expound or explore all Scriptures relating to these topics. I will give you tidbits from Alma 46:
12 ...—aIn memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children—and he fastened it upon the end of a pole.
13 And he fastened on his head-plate, and his abreastplate, and his shields, and girded on his armor about his loins; and he took the pole, which had on the end thereof his rent coat, (and he called it the btitle of liberty) and he cbowed himself to the earth, and he prayed mightily unto his God for the blessings of liberty to rest upon his brethren, so long as there should a band of dChristians remain to possess the land—
16 And therefore, at this time, Moroni prayed that the cause of the Christians, and the afreedom of the land might be favored.
18 And he said: Surely God shall not asuffer that we, who are despised because we take upon us the name of Christ, shall be trodden down and destroyed, until we bring it upon us by our own btransgressions.
20 Behold, whosoever will maintain this title upon the land, let them come forth in the strength of the Lord, and aenter into a covenant that they will bmaintain their rights, and their religion, that the Lord God may bless them.
Those of you who are familiar with the scriptures know this is only the beginning, and that there is yet quite a story to unfold. Today I pray American voters will once again show their colors as Christians, and God fearing people, who value family, freedom of religion, and to safety of our most precious asset...the children.
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