Choices

Recently I have had many thoughts on political and financial topics. These are not topics I typically ponder. With the attention being paid to them recently and the talk around the water cooler, it's hard not to get thoughts about them. You could rationalize that I am getting older and more mature thus leading to more 'in-depth' concern of these things. You might be right. The last time I was able to vote with two new names on the ballot, I could really have cared less and known even less than that. I find myself lost in a sea of deceit and wonder. Not knowing what is the truth or how we as a society might even get there. There are things I like and dislike about all the candidates. The only person in the race that I have no opinion on is Biden. I hear alot of talk about how the democrats are advocating socialism, even been strung along far enough to get to communism. I find it laughable. Especially when I found that Palin advocated for the banning of books in her time in offices in the state of Alaska. I believe that censorship is one of the most powerful tools of a communist government. I have this urge/sense that as a christian I'm supposed to vote republican. Yet I don't much approve of most the things I hear from their side. Healthcare being the top category. I like the notion of change coming from the democrats yet this slogan only states the obvious. Change is inevitable at this point. The question is how much change are you willing to deal with?

Anyhow, the point was to get to an epiphany of sorts. The thought I'm about to share may not be a new one for me. Someone reading may have heard me say this before. I say this because the thought seems so, for lack of better word, 'right' to me. I believe that God desires for us to have a choice in all our actions. In recent discussions I've heard that the true purpose of the commandments is not to provide laws or guidelines to follow but so that we would know for ourselves the notion or feeling of wrong. Leading us to make the right choice. Thinking on this I discovered that as a follower of Christ, I must be pro-choice. I firmly believe that abortion is wrong. There are scenarios that make the procedure less ugly, but it's still wrong. I'm not saying that I have the answer to how to deal with this topic. I just can't find reason why we (man) should take away the choice that God has given all of us. I know that we don't have that authority. The people that have to make that choice will be tested as I can not imagine. I can't say what my choice would be if I were in one of those "less ugly" scenarios. I can only be thankful that I still have a choice, and God has shown me what is right.

I'm aware that there may be many disagreements, that's not my point. I'm not sparking a debate. It feels like I have sat on the fence of this topic for a long time, I finally found a seat on the grass. Thanks.