To Vote or Not To Vote and Does it Even Matter?

Another morning in the Adkins household, let me paint you a picture

Oh look, there's mom rocking her 2 precious babies. Dad is getting a coffee and getting ready to head out the door. All is well in the world, cue the Today Show, look again, there's mama, still rocking the babies but why is she screaming. Look her face is turning red and she's shouting at Dad!

Yes I can't handle watching the news these days. Or the Obama show as so many call it. The lies and half truths drive me up the wall. All my yelling and screaming caused my husband to say once again, that it does not even matter who we vote for since we live in NY. Obama will win the state so who cares. Well, there are other races and important ones to I added, but then I got to thinking and I realized that it does really matter.

It matters because who you choose to vote for on election day says something about you. What you stand for and what your values are should determine your vote. My children are watching me and learning how to act, trying to understand the world and what I do. Who I vote for and what I believe will be passed on to them. If I don't take a stand for my beliefs then what is left?

In today's world we are taught to be tolerant of other people's views, their religions, and their stances on important issues. Well I think that this waters down society and if we believe this new tolerance doctrine then nothing matters.

As Christians if we give credit to other religions and say there is more then one way to God, then Jesus was a liar who died for nothing. His apostles are fools and anyone martyred in his name is a fool who wasted their life. Why even bother going to church if you are going to add a little Buddhism to your Christianity? Jesus was not a Buddhist, he was a tolerant person, and he never wavered when he spoke of the truth. But when he spoke the truth, grace was always in the mix.

But another thing really gets to me. If who we vote for speaks to our beliefs what about the people who mindlessly follow the media without even checking to see if what is shown is actually true. What about what they are not telling us. News served on a silver platter only shows half the story. As a busy mom it is so hard to find the time to read and seek out the truth, why can't the news just present an unbiased view? But it really is my duty to understand who I am voting for, and who I am not choosing to vote for and why.

Next Tuesday I will go and vote, whether or not Obama wins, I believe my vote will matter because of who is watching me. I want my kids to grow up in a world where what you believe matters, where you can take a stand without being called a bigot, a hater, you name it. I want to teach Jordan and Janelle that the truth you believe in is the same today, tomorrow and forever.