Prayers for the 2016 PH Election

The 2016 Philippine Election has become a sort of circus where everyone is just running around, trying to catch all the rides.

It has become an evident jumping of boats from one to another when one notices that the boat is sinking. Celebrities benefit from the election by promoting their candidates and supporters of these candidates recognize them and their opinions for that matter. Other politicians also benefit by way of endorsement by candidates leading the surveys.

But what is really the purpose of this election? I believe that aside from electing leaders, the aim is to unite the Filipinos.

But will we achieve this after May 09, 2016?

Social Media has already become a panorama of a divided nation; a reflection of the dark side of each Presidential supporter - be it Binay, Duterte, Poe, Roxas or Santiago. It has become an ugly exchange of opinion and profanity just because one's opinion differ from the other. We, ourselves, have become the exact opposite of a role model in the way we talk and in the way we judge others by their way of thinking.

So what is needed now?

Prayers. We have been consumed by all our so-called right opinions with media also making good money out of this election. We have forgotten that amidst all the ugly exchange of profanity, we are brothers and sisters. We resort to calling one another "Marimar, Dutertard, Poetic, Binayaran, etc."

This nation will not progress in the way we envisioned it to be if we, as one nation, do not support the next President who may or may not be our selected candidate. A lot says, change should come from each and every one of us. I don't see anything like it in this campaign period. We are continuously hurting each other's feelings as if all there ever is in our life is election.

I myself have been spending a lot of time browsing the internet, reading and constantly reading, trying to also defend my candidate. But at the end of it all, what?

Whatever the reason we have for choosing a candidate, we must bear in mind that each registered Filipino voter is entitled to his/her opinion. But let's not cross borderlines by hurting each other's feelings.

If words could kill, a lot have died already in this upcoming election. I could have died already with what my friends told me. They could have died too with all the things I posted online.

So prayers. More than anything, this country needs a great amount of prayer. Let us pray for an honest and peaceful election. Social media is already a riot. Let's not add to much chaos on the day of the election.

And if a President and other leaders are already elected, support. This nation will continue to fall apart if we do not accept that Mar or Poe or Digong or Miriam or Binay has won in an honest election.

Let's give the needed support of our national and local leaders. For once, let us show that we are capable of being just social media bashers; entertaining everyone with memes, etc. For once, let us accept, that this nation is not only made of politicians who we accuse all to be corrupt, but this nation is also made up of citizens who try to squeeze their way out of the law when caught by a traffic enforcer or paying extra to a person in the City Hall or LTO just so we won't wait long to get our permits.

We are, in our own versions, also dishonest citizens. Let us not put the blame solely on our leaders. We take part in all the mess this country is going through.

So prayers. Let's pray even after the election.

For now, let's altogether pray for the election on May 09, 2016.