matt woke up musing about the day. before i was even coherent he was talking about how to get to our voting place and how the day would crawl just waiting for the results. i tried to roll my eyes, but honestly was to tired.
we made voting a family affair. once i did rouse myself (by having 2 cups of coffee) we all piled in the van.
i couldn't help but think of where i was 4 years ago - the last time i was voting for the president. i was in southern california, working full time as a real estate broker. i was pregnant with isaiah and matt didn't even have his first master's degree. wow...so much has changed in 4 years. two moves, two kids and two master degrees later...i vote again.
i loved that we were going as a family, i felt so patriotic. even though some of the people that were walking in and out of the building, i'm sure, believe very different than me, i felt connected with them. together, with these people who took time out of their day to vote...together, we are deciding, and together we'll face the results of what we said we wanted.
i love that isaiah got to see the culmination of all the talking and reading. he had lots of questions for us as we walked to the building. he wanted to sign his name to the book, he wanted to go in the booth with us.
as we have talked and wrestled through out this political season, so has isaiah. sometimes he has wanted the candidate we want, sometimes he hasn't. as strongly as matt feels about it, i was so proud of matt for letting isaiah take a different view than us. for showing isaiah that he can think for himself and think different than his mom and dad, maybe even teachig us a thing or two.
today, not that unusually, we got schooled by our three year old.
as i was taking my turn in the voting booth isaiah continued on with his questions, at one point asking matt what 'voting' is. matt answered that voting is picking who we want to be our leaders. isaiah took it in, paused for a while and then said, 'dad, why do we need to pick more leaders when Jesus already is our leader?'
yes isaiah, today maybe more than yesterday, it's good to be reminded what really matters...who really is in charge.
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Ok Natalie, I need to know how you raised him like that. I want Ella to as those kinds of questions and think that way. How amazing.
Tara
Isaiah is wiser than a slew of pundits. But you knew that, didn't you?
:)
Isaiah is amazing! I love you guys!! Yay for voting! I got Evan to finally vote for the first time in his life!
Another humbling reminder that even as we get caught up in our opinions...Isaiah is bringing is back to Jesus. Thanks little friend, the world is blessed to have you!
Oh Isaiah.....
He frequently is the reminder of why Jesus says to have faith like the little children.
Bev
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