In God We Trust

This should sound really familiar to you. Why? Because it's on all of our money except for a few choice coins, which didn't have it by accident. But that's a different story learned in government class for a later date maybe.

Speaking of government class, today we took a literacy test. If you don't know what that is, it was a test given to African Americans in order to not allow them to vote. It has 58 questions and you have to do it in 15 minutes. If you didn't know the answer or got any answer wrong, you couldn't vote. That's just sad. Well, I got a lot wrong, but among the ones I got right was the one asking about what saying is on all of our money: In God We Trust.

In God We Trust. This got me thinking, but not really about government, which I should have been concentrating on since I have a test tomorrow. It got me thinking about an idea one of the guys told me about in youth group last night.

We have a rock in my town that everyone paints on. This one guy in my youth group said he wanted to write "Impeach Obama" on it and just sit waiting for anyone to change it. At first I laughed at it. I'm not that negative about Obama. I don't trust him, yes, and I don't really like him. So? I'm also no longer into doing radical things like painting "Impeach Obama" on a rock. It could be my age or my careless attitude towards politics, but I'm just not into that kind of stuff.

Actually I used to rebel a lot or at least act like I was going to when I was younger. I'm over that stuff now. I don't feel like rebelling.

In God We Trust. Does that mean anything to you? Have you ever even thought about what the dollar says on the back of it? This nation was built believing in God.

In God We Trust. Do you hate who the next president is going to be? Are you a Republican? Are you a Democrat? Are you caught in the middle? It doesn't matter. God doesn't look at that kind of stuff. If you're among those so opposed to Obama being president, I suggest you take up with the Big Man Himself, because it's what He chose for the United States.

I think more than anything, those of us who aren't exactly happy with who the next president is, we need to trust God. He knows what's right for us.