2012 Presidential Election…Now What?!

³ The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group  and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.  In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. ⁷ When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. John 8:3-9
The president election for 2012 is over, and now what?! The aftermath has brought out the worse of us. There is outrage that borderlines for me madness. The thing that bothers me the most is Christians espousing things that make no sense. It as if people did not believe the lost was an option, when the reality is, it is the reality for both until the election is over; failing to consider this sets one up for pain. Therefore, we need to stay cognizant of some fundamental truths form the start, as not to be overwhelmed when what we desired, does not come the pass. These are some trues to the elections – there were people who voted for both candidate based of race, there people who made a protest vote against one candidate and it had nothing principles or policy, and people who voted based on ‘what we always done’ in each party. However, what got me puzzled, is this, we all want what is best for the country, but unwilling to work because I didn’t win? God forbid!!! What I witnessed on varied media outlets advocating a position so desperately it fails to see, it contradict the very thing desired – a better America. So, go with me if you please as we examine the aftermath in terms of the verses above.
In the verses above, the summation question is posed to the righteous statesmen, he who is without sin, cast the first stone. Well no one threw a stone at the lady of ill-repute, and they all walked away from the youngest to the oldest. The point is this none of us is without error, there are other things here, but for this argument we are focusing on the fact they all walked away. No one was willing to work with her, and see how they might help, once what they wanted was not going to be done, they were done; really!? This seem to be the same attitude plaguing our country…now let me state for the record both parties do this, but for now the spotlight is on the right-wingers; however, I am not to jaded to believe the rest of the country is exempt from this behavior… I am wondering when shall we move from this finger pointing, transactional exchange to doing the work resulting in transformational exchange. Where we all work together for the greater good; not just for what I want and believe to be the best. Resulting in an expanded perspective and growth for us all, not just for some of us. Where we would move away from this notion of, if it is not my way, then I don’t want to engage, and walk away because sooner, rather than later, we shall see, what we put out comes back to us. We should not let ourselves be victims where ‘Good is the enemy of great’ (Good to Great by Jim Collins); letting things stay as they are because I like it this way, and besides ‘I am good.’
See, it requires more than just knowing right and understanding right or the best course of action to take, it also includes the willingness to do the work to get the improved outcome. WE adamantly say, we desire.  We, Americans, regardless of race, gender, faith, SES, sexual orientation, etc. the best for our country and the people. But we will never achieve it espousing a position, unyielding in our approach to change. We must be willing to work, and not walking away because we didn’t get what we wanted… does nothing to move us forward….We cannot move forward staying still, holding my unwilling to do the work to get there…your choice, choose well!!