Ah, elections. Our American friends and neighbours recently elected politicians to fill hundreds of seats in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Here in our city we're going to the polls this week to elect six persons to sit on our City Council. Though there are vast differences in the number of candidates and seats to fill, as well as a number of other issues, what really matters is that we have the privilege and the right to choose who will represent us in national, provincial/state or municipal governments. It's a choice that millions of people around the world have fought for and died to have. Elections and government are the basis for many a joke and to deny that there are problems is folly; no system is perfect. Having said that, I say democracy is to be preferred to anything else I've heard about.
There are lot of other imperfections in the electoral process, as well. To start with, not one candidate is faultless. Even if they were, we the voters don't have the ability to see the future nor to choose with unerring wisdom the person or persons who will do the best job. As I and my fellow citizens go to the polls this Saturday, I trust that we will have carefully pondered our decision. Trouble is, even that isn't an absolute guarantee.
While there is no human institution without flaws and faults, each of us has the option to make right choices regarding eternity. The administration of earth's laws and policies might not stand the test of integrity and politicians may betray constituents but we have the promise that the word of God is unfailing.
"Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven (stands firm as the heavens)." Psalm 119:89 Amplified
I vote for that!
