Uncle Sam Needs You! - art and reflection by Kirby Lewis

"Uncle Sam Needs You" is a phrase commonly implied as a call for duty to country through military service. It is easily applied to voting.

Voting is one of the many rights that we enjoy in this great country, with much thanks to our forefathers. Surprisingly so many people ignore the opportunity to exercise their right, in effect, by not voting you are saying that your vote doesn’t matter. Evidently you’ve elected to have no sense of obligation to our country or the life you enjoy within its boundaries. Voting makes a difference.

Voting is what this country was founded on. This is the opportunity for everyone to participate in democracy while supporting candidates of their choosing, you can stand-up for ideologies and concerns that continually shape our lives and the lives of our future generations. The election process our democracy has created is a very multi-faceted and multi-dimensional system to decide leadership, shape societal values and impact the roles and obligations of all of us.

We as United States Citizens have been blessed with many symbols of unity, strength and patriotism and through the acts of Congress, which were selected by voters, have adopted the motto “In God We Trust”. These words define so much of what America means, although when it comes to the election process we cannot merely leave it to God. We must actively participate: just as we must actively involve God in our day to day spiritual life. If we ignore our rights, our obligations to our Country, our monuments which represent freedom, leadership and responsibility to others: our country and our belief in God will begin to crumple. We will be left with nothing to close to what we have all taken for granted.

Register. Then, Remember to vote; there is really no excuse. By doing so you will sing in a voice for every American to hear, and if you believe in our motto, then we must trust

God Bless America
And God Bless Our American Voters!