you know, doing these posts is a lot more difficult than i would have thought.. it's a lot harder to come up with topics for me to talk about .. surprising, isn't it? typically, i have no problems finding things to say :)

So, i wrote my government paper - a lot quicker than i should have, granted, considering i finally got the book the day the paper was due. but, i really like my paper. i ended up writing it on how the government, in order to be a righteous government, has a duty to provide it's people with agency, and how the people have a duty to use that agency, especially when it comes to choosing righteous leaders.

okay, so now it's confession time. I didn't vote in the last election. the presidential one. I felt uninformed, and alot like my vote didn't help anyway. After reading these talks, though, by our general authorities, my view has changed a bit. Mostly i was lazy, and that part hasn't changed, but the "i hate politics, i hate government, i hate voting" sentiments aren't nearly as strong. We have been counseled to stay involved in politics, because it is our country. I always knew that from a "civic duty" point of view i should vote, but i had never looked at it from a religious point of view.

the constitution was instituted by the Lord. the constitution is set up to give us the right to vote, so that, too, was set up by the Lord. Righteousness cannot come under the rule of a King (see previous posts). So, therefore, in my mind at least, it is a commandment that we vote. It's part of the way of fulfilling the Lord's plan, to prepare the promised land for the coming of Christ.

looking at it in that light, what excuses do i have now? none. i need to vote, and i wish there was a way to go back and change my decision. Granted, i do need to become more informed from now on, but that's not difficult. It's part of both my religious and civic duty to help insure that we have a righteous leader, one that will prepare the world for the second coming of Christ.