Election Fever

It's the American elections, but it seems like the whole of the world is involved too. It seems like all of America and of the world too is divided: Bush or Kerry? Right or left, Republican or Democrat, war or peace, right or wrong, God or the devil? I guess it's because of the web that we all can be involved: all the blogs for and against, the breaking news, even the videos and ads can be seen online.

I'm in deep: reading the blogs, watching the debates and videos, and I laugh and I weep. I can't vote, but I can pray. Everyone else is too, it seems, even the atheists, each for his or her candidate to win. Father in Heaven, Thy name be hallowed, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done here on earth as it is in heaven.

At the recent Australian elections, our friends, the Leslies in Adelaide were up to their necks in helping to campaign for their former pastor's newly formed party, Family First Party. Amazingly, against the odds, it won several seats and made a real difference in the whole election. And Howard won by a high majority, upsetting predictions that he would lose altogether.

Father, grant that there be a smooth, incident-free election and a clear winner without any doubt or legal tussles ensuing. May Thy mercy and grace be upon the US and upon us all.

Oh yes, I'm rooting for GWB to be re-elected .

Actually, I did vote for GWB in the Malaysiakini poll. An American expat gave up his vote (and his mind) to Malaysians. Sadly, the majority was for Kerry.