why?

Why is the President-elect, with no constitutional power but the power of influence, doing more (apparently) to help move the country forward than the man who holds the actual office of President?

sunday afternoon

We had a great set of services this morning. In the midst of the Storm series (check out www.chapel.org/storm), Jeff talked about contentment.

That one hits me in the bullseye. I call it "truck envy"...whenever I see a great truck, a little part of me (and sometimes not to little) wants my own truck. I see the great prices and financing options these days. We could probably swing it.

Not worth it to feed the beast of discontent.

The challenge was to keep my focus on God and enjoy his presence each day. How true...when I focus on God, my heart is content. When my eyes become more focused on me...greed gets strong.

Contentment...enjoying God's presence in my life.

prediction

Here's my prediction for the election tomorrow...

Obama will win both the electoral and popular vote. The popular vote will be relatively close. The electoral college will not.

It's been an interesting election to watch. Neither candidate actually campaigned strong. The strongest message was "change"...which is a pretty fluffly message. Neither presented strong plans and talking points. McCain didn't give people a reason to vote for him - so this became an election about Obama - can he really lead us? And I don't think that Obama's campaign made enough mistakes to make people swarm away from him.

The result will be that we will have at least 2 years of the first truly liberal government in America (liberal democrats will control the White House, House of Reps, and Senate). Previous Democrats have not been as fully liberal as our up-coming leadership.

What do you think will happen on Tuesday?

M@