Why I – But Not Necessarily You – Will Not Vote

I want to start by saying that this is personal. You do not have to agree with me. You can even disagree with me. But it is election season, and once again, I have a lot of Christians that I love trying to tell me that I have to vote. Some even tell me how to vote.

So here is why I won't.

I cannot vote for Donald Trump. Everything I know about him is contrary to the Jesus life. I just think having a man like him as a role model for our country is truly frightening. You may be able to separate the man from the politics. I can't.  

I cannot vote for Joe Biden. I could never vote for someone who endorses an anti-Biblical (and therefore anti-God) view of marriage and of life. I just can't.  

You may think that those views are not un-Christian. If that is true, we really don't have much common ground.  

On a deeper level, I am not convinced that as a Christian my mission is to save America. I accept that my mission is to save Americans. By that, I mean to share Jesus with as many people here as I can. I only have room in my heart for one allegiance, and that is to the Kingdom of God. That does not include America. You may see it differently. But I don't.

You may believe that as a Christian you must vote Kingdom values. I might do that if I could find a candidate that believed or lived Kingdom values. That is not Donald Biden. Or Joe Trump. (Yes, I switched their names on purpose.)

So I am not going to fight about politics. I have much bigger things to spend my time and energy on.

That does not mean I don't love America. Of course I do. And I love Texas. I love West Texas. I love the community where we live. And I really love our ranch.

But I love God the most.