Ordinary People

From George Grant’s blog, King’s Meadow:

That is not to say that the upcoming election is not important. It most assuredly is. Indeed, it may well be one of the most important elections in the last half century or more. It is sure to have enormous implications for our families and our future. I want folks to take this election seriously. I want folks to vote.
But this election is, after all, just an election. The doings and undoings of a government need not be the doings and undoings of a culture.
That is the great lesson of history. It is simply that ordinary people doing ordinary things are ultimately who and what determine the outcome of human events–not princes or populists issuing decrees. It is that laborers and workmen, cousins and acquaintances can upend the expectations of the brilliant and the glamorous, the expert and the meticulous. It is that simple folks doing mundane chores can literally change the course of history–because they are the stuff of which providential history is made.

Yes. Take a deep breath (preaching to self), and remember that post-election life goes on. Whatever God ordains in respect to this election, I am still called to serve Him daily where I am. And God is good–very, very good.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *