Be the Change You Wish to See

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."  ~Thomas Paine

A little over a year ago I wrote this post  about why I was supporting the Constitution Party, after a lifetime of voting Republican, in the upcoming elections.  It was clear to me then that our two party system was destroying freedom in America.  That fact has only become more clear to me over the past year.  While admittedly the most sweeping and radical moves toward statism have been sponsored by the Democrats, the Rebublicans have voted for and even sponsored many bills themselves which take power from the people and place it in the hands of the government.  It is a troubling trend.  One that gratefully many Americans are beginning to wake up to and resist, but if we are going to restore this country to the Provident freedom it once enjoyed it is going to require change much greater than "flipping the house" is going to provide.  I have felt so frustrated and hopeless about the state of our nation recently.  I have had a strong desire to do more about it, but haven't know what I could do.  Little did I know what was to come. . .

Last week, the day before C. Bear was born, my husband and I were approached by members of the Utah Constitution Party asking my husband to run for Congress.  Our first reaction was, "There is no way."  We had a list of excuses a mile long.  Among the top reasons why this was an unreasonable request were:

•We were about to have a new baby.
•My husband is incredibly busy at works right now, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.
•My husband has a very demanding church calling right now.
•We don't have the money to successfully run a campaign.
•What was the point?  There was no way a third-party candidate was going to win against a heavily favored Republican, so why try?

We had two days to let them know.  At first "no" seemed like the only logical answer, but through prayer we were both brought to realize that we couldn't keep complaining about the state of things in this country if we weren't willing to pay some price to try to make it different.  This quote by Edmund Burke,  "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." kept coming to our minds and we knew what our answer needed to be.

Last Friday my husband drove to the State Capitol and filed his candidacy for Utah's Third District Congressional Seat.  He started setting up his website over the weekend, and I encourage you to take a look at it here. If you like what you see, pass the word along.  We want to get the word out to as many people as possible.  If you would like to contribute time or resources to the campaign, we would love the support.  If you don't live nearby we encourage you to find and support candidates in your area that honor and uphold the constitution as it was intended by the founders of this nation.  Who knows what this year will hold for us, and what the fruits of this labor will produce, but at least we can say that we have done something to try to prosper the cause of freedom.