If you are ready for the whole thing to be 'settled' . . .

All of us have had conversations over the last couple of weeks that sound something like this:

"I'm done with this whole election.  Can we just get it over with  . . ."

Usually (in some form) punctuated with the following:

"I just want this whole thing to be over and feel settled."

Settled?  

Excuse me, did you say, 'settled?'

We are already settled.  It is an illusion to think that anything is unsettled.  Nothing is going to change November 9th.  

This is a short list of things that have already been settled:

* Regardless of how we feel about it or who becomes president, no wall will be built on our border.  We already have a wall at our border with Mexico.  Really.  This will be front page news.

* Regardless of how we feel about it or who becomes president, there will still be one half of one percent of our nation that believes they are a different gender and will use whatever bathroom they want.

* Regardless of how we feel about it or who becomes president, no amount of tax "on the rich" will put a dent in our economic woes.  If we taxed the richest 1% of our country 100% this year it would not be enough to fund medicare for three years . . . and that is just one of thousands of government programs.  A drop in the ocean.

* Regardless of how we feel about it or who becomes president, Roe vs. Wade will not be overturned.  We have had 20 years of Republican presidents since 1973 who were a whole lot more popular and effective  - they even appointed justices and that didn't get it done.  Speaking of justices . . . six of nine justices ruling in Roe v Wade were from Republican presidents.  Supreme Court appointees don't mean much.

* Regardless of how we feel about it or who becomes president, no one is going to make a law making it illegal to buy a gun.  

* Regardless of how we feel about it or who becomes president, people will still be able to pray, go to church and say what they want to say.  Even boneheads.

* Regardless of how we feel about it or who becomes president, Russia will still do crazy things in the world, Iran and North Korea will continue to be wildcards and no one will have a clue how to deal with it all.

* Regardless of how we feel about it or who becomes president, there will still be evil in people's hearts that make them go into public places and kill other people with guns or knives or explosives.

That's because what we are experiencing is a human condition - not a political one.  And you don't have to be religious to realize that we struggle with spiritual issues, not legislative issues.  The world is remade from daily decisions to do the right thing, not pieces of paper that tell us to do the legal thing.  

You want to feel more settled?

Flip it upside down . . .

The Bible never said 'make laws, influence public policy, stuff the Supreme Court and the Kingdom of Heaven will come . . ."

You know where the Kingdom of Heaven resides?  Inside of you.  So I don't care if you are an atheist, you like wearing women's clothes, you want to build a wall, stack a court or want to make sure everyone gets free college . . . none of these things will get the same result as imitating the lifestyle of a rabbi two thousand years ago.  

I know, I know - we are too smart for that . . . that whole Christian thing is so long gone.

Then why are we so unsettled?

You already have the power needed to change the world - it starts with you.