By: Dale Weckbacher
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that
those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way
that you may obtain it.
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This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. The day has almost become a holiday for
millions of eyeballs will be glued to the screens watching the Panthers and
Broncos battle to determine who will take home the prize of Super Bowl
champions. The prize being a trophy and
ring along with the knowledge that your team was the best team in the NFL.
The Apostle Paul encourages the believers in Corinth to run
their race in such a way to obtain the prize (1 Corinthians 9:24) which in this
case is more than a trophy and ring but eternal life (John 3:16). The author of Hebrews encourages us as
believers to look back at the cloud of witnesses that have preceded us (Hebrews11) and be encouraged to run our race with endurance. The difference between this race and the
Super Bowl is that this race is for the prize of eternal life with Christ and
not just a trophy and ring.
2016 is a presidential election year for the United
States. It is a lengthy process
requiring endurance. It also, similar to
the NFL, consists of debates and polls, the preseason, primaries, the regular
season and playoffs, the General Election, and the Super Bowl. However, similar to the race we run for
Christ, the electoral race, especially this one, will have a lasting effect on
our nation and world.
Last Tuesday I wrote about my support of Ted Cruz. My support of Senator Cruz is based on our
shared Christian values. As long as
Senator Cruz is in the running during the primaries, he will continue to be my
candidate. However, I will still be a
participant in the political process this year, including voting in the General
Election should he not be the GOP nominee.
Last election, many stayed home because they did not like
either candidate in the General Election.
(1) I view this strategy as childish and may have
contributed to the second term of Obama and all of the damage he has been able
to do to our nation. Would these
individuals not watch the Super Bowl should their team fail to make it to the
game?
I genuinely hope and will do whatever I can, to insure the
nomination of Ted Cruz for President of the United States. However, with the potential of the Democrats
nominating either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, I will support any
potential GOP nominee because Hillary or Bernie represents more of the
destructive policies of the Obama Administration. I will therefore support a Trump candidacy
for it will be easier to work with President Trump then President Hillary
Clinton or President Sanders.
However, I do have some issues with Trump that we will have
to deal with should he become President of the United States such as,
1)
Ethanol subsidies – much of the corn grown in
the United States is not grown for food but for use in the making of ethanol. (2) This is because corn farmers receive
government subsidies for corn grown to produce ethanol and thus have an
incentive for growing corn for this purpose.
(3) The problem is that these reductions in the
supply of corn for food increases prices for corn itself and other food, such
as beef, because corn meal is used to feed beef. (4) Ironically, our tax money is used to fund
this increase in our food prices.
2)
Willingness to make deals with others – Washington
is not broken due to the lack of deals but a plethora of bad deals as the GOP
controlled House and Senate compromise with democrats and crony
capitalists. (5)
Trump has been a deal maker in his
business affairs but voters are fed up with the deal making in Washington and
are interested in Washington sticking to the Constitutional restraints place
upon it and stay out of the affairs of citizens, allowing them to live their
lives in liberty pursuing happiness.
3)
Private property rights – Donald Trump has a
history of favoring the use of eminent domain to acquire private property. Eminent domain has become an abused tool of
government to cease property from private individuals and give it to those that
government deems will use it to increase taxes going into government
coffers. (6)
The right to own property is one of the things in the United States that sets
us apart from other nations and therefore something we must protect.
The electoral season has begun and the goal is to win the
Super Bowl of the General Election. I
urge everyone to participate in the game so the future of the United States as
we know it is preserved.
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of the 4 million missing voters. www.redstate.com. [Online] Red State,
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