DEAR GOD,
TWO DAYS AGO I VOTED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE VOTE, FOR ME, WAS SIMPLE. THE BOLD ACTIONS HILLARY CLINTON HAS TAKEN AGAINST YOU WAS TOO MUCH. I COULDN'T SUPPORT HER.
MEANWHILE, THE OTHER CANDIDATE, WHO IS NOW PRESIDENT-ELECT, DIDN'T HELP MY MORAL CAUSE. THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN DONALD TRUMP WAS SIMPLY BOMBASTIC. A SHIRK OF HUMILITY IN PUBLIC MIXED WITH FLIPPANT REMARKS TARGETED AT PROTECTING THE STATUS QUO.
LORD, YOU KNOW I LOVE CONFLICT. SO, DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T SCARE ME. I APPRECIATE A PERSON WHO IS WILLING TO TAKE ARROWS AND WALK THROUGH FEELINGS IN ORDER TO DO WHAT HE/SHE BELIEVES IS RIGHT. SO, A LITTLE OF MY SINFUL NATURE WAS STIRRED AS I THOUGHT OF DONALD TRUMP BEATING HILLARY CLINTON. I'M ASHAMED.
BUT LORD, ON ELECTION DAY, YOU KNOW MY HEART. I RESOLVED THAT MY BELT WOULD BE SINCHED TIGHTER. I KNOW MY MINISTRY ROLE IS IN JEOPARDY WITH A CLINTON WHITE HOUSE. BIG GOVERNMENT DOESN'T LIKE SMALL FACTIONS. AND LORD, I RESOLVED THAT YOUR WILL WAS TO AWAKEN THE CHURCH WITH HILLARY CLINTON. TO CALL US OUT OF COMPLACENCY AND POOR THEOLOGY BY DRAWING A STRONG LINE IN THE SAND. WE WOULD BE PERSECUTED OR ASSIMILATE INTO RELIGIOUS PLURALISM. BUT, THE PERSECUTION IS COMING FROM WITHIN, BECAUSE YOU DIRECTED DONALD TRUMP TO WIN.
SO TODAY I CAN'T ENGAGE SOCIAL MEDIA. I AM LEARNING THAT YOUR CALL FOR ACTION IS BEYOND SUPPORTING A CANDIDATE. I'VE LEARNED YOUR DESIRE IS MY HEART, NOT MY VOTE. SO HERE I STAND.
I VOTED FOR LIFE WITH DONALD TRUMP. I VOTED FOR THE RIGHT TO RETAIN A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY, ASSUMING HE WILL APPOINT STRONG CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICES. I VOTED FOR A MAN WHO WILL STRIP THE GOVERNMENT OF PROGRAMS SUPPORTING THE POOR, REFUGEE, AND WANDERER. I DID THIS SO I CAN COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH IT. LORD, BREAK MY HEART FOR WHAT BREAKS YOURS.
THIS PRAYER, AND THOSE THAT FOLLOW, ARE A DAILY PRAYER FOR OUR PRESIDENT. BUT, MORE THAN THAT, THEY ARE A DAILY CALL IN HUMILITY FOR THE LORD TO CHANGE ME AS HE CHANGES THE NATIONS. MY ULTIMATE PRAYER IS THAT MY CHILDREN WILL COME TO THIS BLOG IN FUTURE TIMES OF CRISIS TO LEARN HOW TO BEAR THEMSELVES IMPERFECTLY BEFORE THE CROSS, SEEKING HEART SHAPING AND LIFE CHANGING REFORM WITHIN BEFORE THEY SEEK IT WITH OUT.
IF I LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THIS ELECTION, IT'S THAT THINGS ON THE INTERNET ARE HARD TO REMOVE. PRAYING MY KIDS FIND THIS SOME DAY AND ARE DRAWN TO THE FEET OF JESUS, NO MATTER WHAT THEY'RE FACING.