A few years back I elected to run a 5K.

If there was a prototype for the worst possible version of humanity, Cain certainly fits the bill.

Despite your political affiliation, your party preference, or your left/right leanings, this passage challenges us to pray for those leaders who guide and direct our nation. We might not agree with their foreign policy, but we'd better pray for peace. We might not like their choice for the Supreme Court, their latest news conference or press release, but we'd best give thanks for them anyway.

We all make mistakes. I'm a champion at this.

"But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer."Psalm

We want the payoff without the work. We want the power without the suffering. We want the benefit of the relationship without the commitment to the responsibility that comes with it.

Rather than one thing, I choose another. Over this, I elect that. In place of option A, I experience the benefit of option B.

A man with leprosy came and knelt in front of

"Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you

"And he will be the source of peace." Micah 5:5a