If
you are old enough to remember the term, “radio silence,” then this blog will
make sense to you. If you are a youngster, here is the definition.
- In telecommunications, radio silence or Emissions Control (EMCON) is a status in which all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area are asked to stop transmitting for safety or security reasons. https://www.google.com/#q=radio+silence
- a period during which one hears nothing from a normally communicative person or group. https://www.google.com/#q=radio+silence
For the
next 40 days (October 1- November 8, 2016) until the election polls close, we
will be constantly inundated with media ads, news commentary, and opinions
regarding the election. If I am not careful, I could become depressed, disgusted,
disillusioned, or even distraught because of all the noise on TV, internet,
Facebook, and yes, even radio—since I am a dinosaur and still have more than
one of these. 😊
I’m not
important enough to issue an order for radio silence, but I can choose to be
silent on certain topics for safety or sanity reasons. 😊
So, I have made a decision regarding the next 40 days. (Ironic number, don’t
you think?) As much as I possibly can, I am going to invoke EMCON over my mouth
regarding the election. Yes, I have strong opinions about most issues, events,
and general nonsense, but I think enough has been said by more people than
probably should have entered the conversation, so I’m taking advice from King
Solomon, described by many scholars as “the wisest man who ever lived.” He wrote
much about how much we talk. Here are a just a few examples from Ecclesiastes
5:1-7.The entire book of Ecclesiastes is full of
wisdom, in case you are interested.
Ecclesiastes
5 (bold emphasis is mine) http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/5.htm
1
…keep your ears open and your mouth shut…
3 … too
many words make you a fool.
5 … It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.
6 … Don’t let your mouth make you sin.
7 Talk
is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead.
I have
made my choice of candidates for each position to be filled on November 8, 2016.
It has not been an easy choice, but I have done my best to choose based on prayer
for discernment and my own independent research of each candidate. I have
listened to the persons who are running for each office and tried to learn as
much as I could from trusted sources about their voting record and their stand
on issues that are important to me. No person is going to meet every criteria
100%, but there are some issues that are not negotiable for me. I will cast my
ballot with pride in my country that still allows me to vote. The persons I
choose may not be elected, but I will
still be true to my convictions.
So, I
will do my best to keep my vow of silence for the next 40 days regarding the election. (Come on… a girl has to set
limits. You would miss me if I were totally silent.) 😊
Semi-silently
yours,
Jennifer
