Brain was so exhausted from his day at work, yet he was not in the mood to have to deal with an upset wife. Ella was so passionate about things, so when she started talking he knew he’d better respond.
“I don’t really know what to think.” Brian sighed. “This guy really came out of nowhere, and I have no real information on him. But I have heard he is here to help usher in peace and change for us, and we sure need that in America right now. I think I would accept just about anyone if they would bring back our jobs and get our economy going again. Of course if he would put an end to some of these wars as well, then, I think you are right! He is exactly what this country, this world needs. We will just have to watch and see what he has to offer.”
The next morning Ella got up and started to get ready for her day at the office. She almost dreaded going in because the real estate market was doing poorly. The days just seemed to drag on and with the many layoffs in her company, she basically ran the office herself. On the drive over to the office she could not shake the thought of this election from her head. A twinge of excitement was stirring inside her and for the first time in months, she began to feel some hope. All of the despair she had been seeing in others and feeling herself, seemed like it could come to an end soon. She replayed the speech in her mind from the day before. The more she thought back on his words, the more empowered she felt herself becoming. She had no doubt this economy could get back to being stronger than ever and she could get back to the salary she had become used to. Gas and food prices would retreat back down to a more manageable level, she thought, and healthcare for all would be the saving grace for this nation. As Ella walked into her office she flicked on the lights and turned on the T.V.
“Oh my,” Ella said. She had been so caught up in her daydreaming in the car that she had never turned on the radio to hear what was happening in the world. Deadly tornados had just recently been sweeping across the country, and more and more lives were being taken. To make matters worse, there was another monster storm brewing in the Atlantic and no one knew where it was going to hit. Ella started to remember a conversation with one of her Christian co-workers Annie. She was one of those negative gloom and doom kinds who was always warning others and speaking of coming judgements. ” Maybe this is some fullfilled judgement from the August 1 solar eclipse ,” Ella joked, trying to distract herself from the anger she was starting to feel. Across the miles of the ocean, the current President was closing out his term trying to negotiate a peace term between Israel and her enemies, despite the fact that war was already beginning with Syria. Ella was so frustrated with the current government system. No matter how often they tried to negotitate peace, nothing was working. While they are away focusing on other countries, Ella thought, disasters are happening here and our economy is crashing. Our own people are suffering and the only thing the have to offer us is more debt and lies about a war to protect us from a threat that probably really isn’t even a major threat. Even Baker Owens had pointed out the fact that this leader from Iran was not much of a threat. Ella really believed that if Baker was elected he could come in and strengthen this agreement over in the Middle East. Many of the leaders really liked him and were even willing to sit down and talk with him. She started to feel like even though there were no real details of what his plans would be, from all he had to say these would be more than just talks. His plan was going to stun the world and then Ella believed many would know he was the leader they had been waiting for. He would go down as the greatest leader of peace and change, not just in America, but in the world. Of course only the next few months would tell.