{"id":2135,"date":"2012-11-06T08:49:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T13:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2012-11-06T08:49:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T13:49:07","slug":"i-cast-my-ballot-for-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/11\/i-cast-my-ballot-for-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"I Cast My Ballot For … Jesus!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Been there, done that … may even do it again … as early as tonight.<\/p>\n

That is, wait nervously around the television set for election night results to find out who will lead this great nation.<\/p>\n

Tonight, it turns out, may not be enough of a wait if a state or two needs a vote recount.<\/p>\n

Yikes … I can hardly take it anymore!<\/p>\n

Well, shame on me … in a way. As a Christian man, I know who my leader and King is:<\/p>\n

Jesus Christ!<\/p>\n

He’s the one who allows ALL of these leaders, whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, to win elections or lose re-elections or whatever the case may be.<\/p>\n

And HE rules the world … not just the United States, either.<\/p>\n

So I cast my ballot, the one that matters most, for the one and only … Jesus Christ!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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