Bible – A Woman Standing

Although I have never shied away from my support for Donald Trump since he first took the debate stage in 2015, in public, I often state my reasoning for such support is due to his policies. I am a “build the wall”, help our veterans, pro-school choice, pro-fracking, and imposing tariffs on Chinese goods kind of gal, so my promotions of the man should be expected.

But, what I do not discuss as often when talking about politics to a friend or a neighbor is my support for Donald Trump due to my Christian faith. Many Christians refuse to support Trump due to their disdain for his personality. Such Christians desire someone who speaks correctly, never ruffles feathers and solely sticks to the talking points. They want someone who is presidential in character and eloquent in tongue.

That, clearly, is not Donald J. Trump.

For years, we have allowed such reasoning to go unquestioned. Christians, such as myself, have defended Trump’s policies but have listened as fellow Christians expressed their frustration towards the man due to his personality, his posts online, that rude thing he said two decades ago, or the insult he threw during a debate, resulting in their refusal to vote for him.

But, this election, such frustrations are no longer a valid excuse for Christians not to support Donald Trump for President in 2024.

Why? Because it is truly unacceptable for any God-fearing, Bible believing Chrisitan to vote for the Democrat nominee.

I can already see the eye rolling, cringing, and hear the huffs and puffs from holier-than-thou Christians at such a statement.

But, it is true, and allow me to tell you why.

Nearly a year ago, I received a phone call from an old coworker and friend I had not spoken to for several years. It had been so long I was surprised to see their name pop up on my caller ID.

The conversation began lighthearted, with lots of details about all the ways our lives had changed since we last saw one another, but soon the individual began telling me about frustrations and disappointments they had been dealing with, from work to personal life. We ended up talking for over an hour. Eventually, I asked if I could pray for them.

Over the past year we have text back and forth a couple times and had one or two short phone calls. Several days ago they text me asking if we could catch up so we set up a phone call for the following day.

Like any call, we started by just talking about our lives, but the individual soon told me they wanted to talk because they had something to tell me.

“When I called you a year ago, I was in a bad place,” they said. “The Lord put it on my heart to call you,” they paused. “I feel like I can tell you this now since I am in a much better place, but that day I called you I had multiple thoughts of suicide.”

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