Today is election day across the country. All of the campaigning ends. The endless phone calls (we got a lot here in Ohio) end. And thank goodness, the TV commercials end. We have heard all of the pundits, the experts, the media....etc..
The inevitable will happen. Half of the voting public will be happy...and half will be disappointed. But we need to pray for guidance for whomever wins (I am writing as the returns are coming in), and pray for our country. This election has been bitter, in my opinion, and we need to get back to the business of running our nation. We still live in the greatest country on the planet. We have to remember that.
As the day went by today I could not help but think of all of the men and women in the military whom have made the ultimate sacrifice (and whom are sacrificing now) in order that we have the right to vote today. Many young people are buried in foreign countries, in battlefield cemeteries, who's blood was shed so that you could go to the polls today.
Whomever wins tonight, however happy or disappointed you may be, remember those who are sleeping tonight in countries around the world for you, and don't forget those who sleep eternally in military graves whom gave you this right. The picture tonight is from the U.S. military cemetery in Normandy, France. A sobering reminder that freedom doesn't come free...
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