On Earth as it is in Heaven

Sometimes you just don't get the week you were expecting! Have you noticed that? Sometimes you start the week with a clear idea of where you are going and what you need to achieve and somewhere along the way it all falls apart. You get to the end of the week with practically the same to-do list but everything on it is 7 days more urgent... It has been one of those weeks! And in the middle of it I left the office late on Thursday and suddenly remembered that I hadn't been to vote. It was very tempting to just go home and fall into bed, but I do really believe that it is both my privilege and my responsibility as a Christian to use my vote.
The book I am studying this afternoon reminded me why.
"Some one might ask us how we propose to turn our Sunday prayers: Thy kingdom come...
Give us this day our daily bread... Deliver us from evil... into effective action without recognising the social and political implications of what we have prayed." (Hilton D, Table Talk,1998 p.54)
I'm not being party political when I say that all who seek to see the coming of God's kingdom should reflect prayerfully and use the influence they have to bring it about.

And I was much entertained by this photo posted on facebook by a friend of mine on election day