The Morning After
I'm in the fun position of having to write this post about 12 hours before we find out who will be our next president. So I've decided to try to capture what goes through the mind of most men, including my own, the morning after every presidential election.
Your candidate wins: Glory, ecstasy, jubilation. Maybe there is hope for the world after all. You knew your faith in the American people wasn’t misguided. You knew the experts were going to eat their words. You feel connected to the rest of the country and united in its ideals. Your party has never looked better. You pray that God will bless this decision and give our new president the wisdom and guidance to make the right decisions.
Your candidate loses: Depression, humiliation, concern. The world seems to be on an endless downward spiral. How could the American people have betrayed you like this? You can’t stand to read the experts and your opponents gloating. You feel like you don’t understand what people think anymore. Your party has never been in worse shape, ever. You pray that God will somehow bless the country in spite of this tragic decision, and that He will give the new president the wisdom and guidance to make the right decisions.
It’s funny how a few thousand votes can shape our views about the state of the world. It’s such an extreme reaction one way or the other. It is true these elections are of the utmost importance and that the results should never be taken lightly. On the other hand, no matter what happens we know that God is still God. He is still sovereign. We know that no matter what happens, our relationship and our view of Him is far more important than our relationship and our view of the president.
I do pray that God will give the new president the wisdom and guidance to make the right decisions, and I pray that each of us will keep our perspective on life, no matter the outcome. God bless you, and God bless America.
Your candidate wins: Glory, ecstasy, jubilation. Maybe there is hope for the world after all. You knew your faith in the American people wasn’t misguided. You knew the experts were going to eat their words. You feel connected to the rest of the country and united in its ideals. Your party has never looked better. You pray that God will bless this decision and give our new president the wisdom and guidance to make the right decisions.
Your candidate loses: Depression, humiliation, concern. The world seems to be on an endless downward spiral. How could the American people have betrayed you like this? You can’t stand to read the experts and your opponents gloating. You feel like you don’t understand what people think anymore. Your party has never been in worse shape, ever. You pray that God will somehow bless the country in spite of this tragic decision, and that He will give the new president the wisdom and guidance to make the right decisions.
It’s funny how a few thousand votes can shape our views about the state of the world. It’s such an extreme reaction one way or the other. It is true these elections are of the utmost importance and that the results should never be taken lightly. On the other hand, no matter what happens we know that God is still God. He is still sovereign. We know that no matter what happens, our relationship and our view of Him is far more important than our relationship and our view of the president.
I do pray that God will give the new president the wisdom and guidance to make the right decisions, and I pray that each of us will keep our perspective on life, no matter the outcome. God bless you, and God bless America.
posted by Editor at 3:09 PM
2 Comments:
Amen
Christians should pray that God's will be done. God is the only judge of this world and does not need our "help" to make a decision. We should read our Bibles and go back to the task of sharing Christ to the world, and stop trying to "clean the fish before we catch it".
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