As I write this I am exhausted from watching election night returns into the wee hours of the morning Tuesday/Wednesday. My jaw was on the ground most of the night as the election returns rolled in from across the country.
This morning there are people who are devastated, there are those who are optimistic, there are those who are angry, those who are shell-shocked. This entire election cycle has been crazy with a capital C. But in that there have been great lessons for me.
- Where do I place my hope? Is my hope in individuals? In politicians? In a political system? Or is my hope built on the solid rock of Jesus Christ and my faith in Him. Do I truly believe He is King of all, or do I believe is sovereignty is dictated by an initial or a color? Those have been excellent questions for me to ask myself. It’s been a good season of checking where my heart is and where my faith is.
- What have I done to contribute to divisiveness that is running amok in our country? I want to say nothing, but God has been reminding me over and over that my primary call is to love. Therefore, I have started asking Him to show me how to love all of those around me, especially the ones not like me. If I’m truly loving Him, then it should overflow to those He places around me. I have a long way to go to walk this out as He loves,
but I want to. - My prayer for us moving forward is that we would come together. One thing this election showed is how divided our country is. Listening to the newscasters slice and dice us made me sad.
One thing I have been asking God to do in my life this year is show me how to love well the people in my life that are nothing like me. Regardless of who is president, I know who is king. And as his daughter I am his representative here on earth. My prayer moving forward is that I would be every day a better representative for him. Anyone want to join me in that prayer? We could turn the world upside down if we loved like Jesus.
And I want to encourage you…life goes on. Yesterday morning I had an adoption finalization hearing where three young men were legally sealed in their forever families. I administered a test to my grad students. I wrote this blog post and in my next novel. Regardless of who you voted for, I bet your day continued as well…you just might have been a little extra weary as you did them.
Now our call is to pray. Pray for our leaders. Pray for our nation. And pray for revival to start with us.
Praying God will be all you need today.
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Thanks for your prayers Cara. Yes God is all we need! The one thing that impressed me about this election is the amount of prayers that went into it. Franklin Graham prayed at the capital building in each state. Several times he had live prayer time for the election on Facebook. I feel God heard our prayers and the results of the election is definitely His will. I except the results of the election. I know people are hurting but I’m sorry they have gone so far as to protest the results of the election. One thing I’m not missing are the annoying campaign adds on TV.
Have a good day and God bless!
I was very worried about this election for a while, worried about the outcome, worried about where it would take us and worried that this country I love so much would be a place I no longer recognized. I was talking this over with my mom and she said, “it doesn’t matter the outcome, God is in charge and will always be”. That gave me so much peace, I was also a little chagrined, why had I not felt this way in the beginning? This is truth, truth that I have known and relied on since I was a child. Why had I forgotten? In times like these (really in all times) we need to rely on God, as our Father, Savior, and Protector. It is also in times like these that we can too often forget. Thank you Cara for reminding us that no matter what we are children of a living God who is never surprised, always faithful, and will take care of us.
Wonderful advice, Cara. Thanks for reminding me that the foremost command Jesus gave us was to love.
Amen! Just what I have been praying this year! Now to lean on our sovereign God! Sometimes so hard.
I love the comment you made Cara “show me how to love the people in my life…” that happened to me this week when in a light hearted conversation I realized it wasn’t ‘light’ for one of my friends and because of my oops I’ll add, we also need to be sensitive to those who may have been hurt, for some women who have survived abuse, this political season has dredged up old wounds and they were left feeling vulnerable.