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I live in Missouri...

You, sir, are a hero and a patriot.

Jude 1:18-19

In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires. 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

Heartfelt.....
.....expressing my thoughts as well!

Thank-you!

Excellent post. You and I are so very much alike. I am also a sixty-year old Christian (actually 68) and I too was totally behind Cruz in the early stages of the campaign, mostly for the same reasons you list. My wife and I were at odds, because she was for Trump from the beginning. I often accused her of simply being for the "celebrity candidate."

And then something began to change. For me it was in mid-February following the several debates that had been conducted. I noted what I would call a "sanctemoniousness" about Ted Cruz. I knew, and I still want to believe, that Ted is a conservative, but for the first time I began to seriously ask myself why he has no friends, within the party or without.

More and more I found myself thinking, "I agree with this guy, but I sure don't like him." It's similar to the way I feel sometimes when I read a really good book, but then I see an interview with the author; the content was good, but I sure wouldn't want to have coffee with the writer.

As well, more and more I realized that the Canadian issue was not resolved (as I had previously thought it was). I know the way the other side operates, especially when they have gotten away with something. Obama, who was most certainly NOT born in America, has now served, not one, but two, terms. They will take all that they learned in protecting him, to assault Cruz. His sealing of his records did him no favor.

In the transition I have begun to listen more closely to what Trump is saying, and though I knew and know he is not a "true conservative" I, nevertheless, find myself agreeing with ALL of his key points (border wall, trade imbalance, Common Core, etc.). And the very thing others hold against him, I now see as his strength. When specifically asked (again and again) if he is a conservative (as a label), he answers with what his conservative postions are. No dancing around them; simple to the point: "I will...".

So, like you my friend, I also now find myself a realist and a pragmatist. We are not electing a pastor, we are electing a President. I think Trump is the by far the best choice for where America finds itself in 2016.

You said it far more eloquently than I, but it feels good to get it off my chest anyway.