Why does voting feel so right?

There must be something Godly in all of that good. It is strange to feel so good about participating in a republic when I live in a Kingdom.

Dad says a free republic is a good thing. Not the best thing, and inevitably a useful idol and an enemy of best...but good nonetheless. Oppressors can not feel this good doing their oppressive duty. Voting, going there and not being stopped, not being intimidated, not being warned how to vote, not being arrested for trying to vote, not being shot or beaten for daring to vote. These are all part of the story of what the USA is. There are lots of other days when there are signs that the USA is not what the story says it is. When I go to vote it is the one day every couple of years that says to me, "Yes, the story is true." The other day is the day when the losers leave without being ejected, and the winners come in without killing the incumbent, his family and his staff. That is another day that says to me, "Yes, the story is true."

The American story, the one that says America is exceptional, the one that says that something special really is happening here, has enemies. I think they will have to take away election day, and stop participating in a peaceful transition of power, to make the story a lie. At least for me.

Father, thank you for the USA.