Election Day
I was standing in line to vote today, and I got to thinking about the last 4 years and where my life was at in November of 2004. In October of ’04 I went with my mom to visit my brother in Chicago. There were signs everywhere touting Barack Obama as the next Illinois State Senator. My brother commented on how much of an influence he was having on the city already, and the next month he won in a landslide election. Until that election, and before his speech at the DNC, he was practically unknown. A rather meteoric rise to the top…but that’s all I have to say about that…
As I watched Noah entertain himself as we waited in line, I couldn’t help reflect on how much my life has changed personally since the last time I stood in that line. When I voted for ‘W’ in 2004, I was pregnant with Noah, though I didn’t know it yet. Matt was still at Intel, but looking for a new job including interviewing for one in Flagstaff, where we were to travel for an interview that very week. Quite a change from now!
From then until now, well before 2004, and well into the future, God has been and will continue to be in control of my life. There was a time I was convinced I would never have another child, and today i waited in line with two ‘newbies’. Throughout the ’90′s, we thought Bill Clinton spelled doomsday for America, yet here we all are not much worse for the wear. God already knows who will win the election (it was decided a long time ago!), and God has chosen the path He knows is right. It may not always be easy, but we can trust that it is right.