i still love you

i usually stay away from political talk, but as the time nears by heart yearns to share some positivity. i want you to know that no matter who you choose, i still choose to love you…

if you vote for jorgensen, i still love you

if you vote for hawkins, i still love you

if you vote for biden, i still love you

if you vote for trump, i still love you

if you choose not to vote, i still love you

why?

because i understand that your vote does not define you. it is not an accurate representation of the soul that lies within in. it instead is a decision that you made; one of many and sometimes in life we make good decisions, while other times we do not. as humans we are not perfect and i do not expect you to be. 

why?

because i understand that you can not tell what the future holds. elections are not easy and honestly the pressure to pick the right candidate is a heavy thing to bear, but take ease in knowing that you don’t have to have it all figured out.

why?

because i understand that we see what we want to see. thing is none of us know how this is all going to go down, no matter how much you think you have it all figured out. you don’t. they don’t. i don’t. we are all simply doing the best we can with the information we have and we all perceive things differently.


so why you ask? why choose love?

matthew 5:43-47 reads:

“you have heard that it was said, ‘love your neighbor and hate your enemy. but i tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your father in heaven. he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. if you love those who love you, what reward will you get? are not even the tax collectors doing that? and if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? do not even pagans do that?”

god does not tell us to love only those who agree with us

he does not tell us to love only those who do what we want 

instead he calls on us to love our enemy

our enemy! 

god tells us to love those who are “actively opposed or hostile to someone or something” 

if that isn’t powerful

if that doesn’t speak volumes to you i am not sure what will

i do not have to agree with someone to love them

i do not have to receive love from someone to love them

i choose to love, simply because god chooses to love me; despite my imperfection, despite my flaws, despite my sins, who loves me even when i fail, correction who loves me especially when i fail and helps me to learn and grow from it, and most importantly who loves me despite my differences 

he chooses to love me, so i am choosing to love you

i hope you choose the same because this truly has been quite the year for everyone already. all of this negatively and arguing that both sides have been engaging in is not going to get us anywhere. if anything we need eachother now more than ever. we need love. 

so if you have made it this far. i love you and i just pray that no matter what happens we can choose love; being kind to one another, and hoping for the best from our next president whoever it will be.