The election, politics, etc...

Tuesday night, our President was re-elected. Do I think he was the best choice for our country? No. He is in fact, against almost everything I believe in. But that's not the point. The point is, he was re-elected. Our nation chose him to continue to be our leader, and with that comes a certain degree of respect. I'm not saying that being disappointed that Romney didn't win is being disrespectful. What I am saying is that being hateful and vindictive towards Obama is. What it comes down to, really, is how you decide to act. It's understandable if you want to disagree with things a person in charge is doing. But again, disagreeing, and being disrespectful are two different things. America has had bad presidents before, and Romney certainly wasn't going to be our nation's savior. In fact, if you look at the political history of the two, it is remarkably similar. What it comes down to is this: Our nation won't be destroyed by one man, just like it can't be saved by one man. Our government has three branches, for the purpose of checks and balances. The President does not have all the power. In fact, the power is pretty evenly distributed between the three, although the President does have certain authority that does not belong to Congress or the Judicial system. So what does this mean? It means that if you don't like the way our country is going, then change it. Especially as Christians, we are called to care for the poor, the widows and the orphans. When was the last time a mega church (and there are tons of them in the country) put something together that was more than a handout? Ever stop to think that maybe people wouldn't be crying to the government to give them free health care, free food and free money if that was provided willingly by the church? Think about it. The biggest argument that Christians I know have against big government is that those are services that should be provided for by the private sector, that people should have the freedom to willingly give their money to help the less fortunate, instead of being forced to through ridiculously high taxes. But it comes out the same. Either you give to the poor through charity, or you give to the poor through taxes. The reason Obama was re-elected is because those who don't have the means to support themselves will have a better chance of doing so under him. Those who do have the means to support themselves are becoming much fewer and more far between, so the group of people adversely affected by his policy changes is becoming smaller and smaller. I don't think taxing the living daylights out of us is the answer to that problem, but maybe there wouldn't be such a problem if we actually got up and did something about it. Stop complaining about what he is doing. Stop whining about how he was not the President you wanted. Get up off your butt and do something about it. It's only gonna change if we work from the inside out.