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 A
number of years ago, around election time, I was attending
a preaching seminar in Los Angeles. During that week we lunched
at a little sandwich shop near the church where the seminar
was held. They had sandwiches with ridiculous names - The
Gary Cooper; The Sophia Loren; The John Wayne; The Laurel
& Hardy; The Democrat and The Republican.
The Republican had pastrami with lots of Swiss
cheese. The Democrat didn't have holes in its
cheese but did have lots of ham! I thought both should have
included a slice of baloney. One of the cooks wore a T- shirt
that said: "Politicians will always be there when
they need you." One of the posters on the wall
of that shop said: "Politics is the art of letting
people have your way."
One afternoon,
as I was polishing off a Republican, I noticed a little lady
walking down the street in front of the sandwich shop. She
crossed the street and asked directions from a man who pointed
down the street. She then turned and walked in the opposite
direction, asked another person who also pointed down the
street. She turned and walked in the opposite direction once
again, leaving both people in perplexity. It seemed like a
good object lesson about America. Around and around we go
but where, nobody knows? When we get good advice we often
go in the opposite direction!
 Ronald
Reagan used to say: "The 9 most terrifying words
in the English language are: "I'm from the government
and I'm here to help." It always got a laugh.
Wouldn't it be wonderful, if somebody who knew where he was
going would come along and say, "Follow me!"
That would be better than both a Democrat and a Republican!
So as Americans and Christians, we need to cast our votes
at the polls AND at church.
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