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ELECTED TO SERVE
By Gail K. Kachnycz on 28 October 2024
We are indeed
privileged in this country to have the opportunity to vote for those who
represent us. I hope you exercised that right on election day.
Whether you are
elated or incensed with the results of the election, the officials who have
been voted into office have a responsibility to serve all of their
constituents, regardless of party affiliation. It is important to have contact
information for elected officials, so that you can inform them of your support
or concerns about upcoming legislation or other issues. Here is a link to a
website that provides the contact information for every elected official in the
USA, from the President right through your city mayor and local
representatives. It is easy to use simply by entering your address (no name
needed). By January 2025, when newly elected officials are sworn in, the
website should be complete with all the updated information.
My Reps Website
Last week, the
post highlighted the PA MEDI program, for help during Medicare Open
Enrollment (10/15/24-12/7/24). Since Medicare is a federal program, it is
important to know that if you are having difficulties with Medicare services,
your Federal Congressman/woman is the office that can help you. Your US
Representative should have a person designated as the “Medicare Liaison.” You
can use the link above to identify your Representative and contact information.
Let me close with
a few verses that address our attitude toward government officials.
Let every soul be
subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from
God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Romans 13:1 NKJV
Therefore submit
yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king
as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment
of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of
God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—as
free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. 1 Peter 2:13-17 NKJV
The king’s heart is in
the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of
water; He turns it wherever He wishes. Proverbs 21:1 NKJV
Therefore I exhort
first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks
be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a
quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and
acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and
to come to the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:1-4 NKJV
As Paul states in
1 Timothy, the ultimate goal is “for all
men to be saved and to come the the knowledge of the truth.” God’s purposes
in this world cannot be thwarted, regardless of who is wielding earthly
authority. With that in mind, I leave you with Paul’s prayer for the church in
Ephesus:
Therefore I also,
after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that
the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your
understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His
calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and
what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according
to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him
from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far
above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is
named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
Ephesians 1:15-20 NKJV (emphasis added)
