If you read my post this morning about yesterday, you know I'm struggling with the election results. Tonight the kids had Kids Connect at church, the program that replaced AWANA at our church. During the hour that the kids are in class Michael and I have been reading 'Love and Respect' together. We began reading it before we got married when we failed to get premarital counseling. We never finished it, so we've been working on it weekly together during that hour. Tonight, instead of reading the book and working on our marriage we spent the hour in prayer. We figured our nation and our leaders needed prayer more than our marriage needed work. While I have had moments of sadness, frustration, and even anger today, I have also had peace, especially this evening. Michael and I haven't had much time to discuss the results, decompress and debrief since the official announcement has been made. But tonight was really fruitful. We spent time discussing where we go from here and praying for our leaders. I really respect what President Obama said about encouraging his staff to make an easy transition of power to Donald Trump. The decision has been made and now we must move on. Michael and I feel that many of the Republicans (specifically the tea-party) in our lives have spent the last 8 years being bitter and angry, tearing down everything President Obama has done for our country over the past 8 years. These same people are now preaching that the Bible says we have to submit, respect, and pray for our leaders. I sincerely wonder the ways they've been praying for President Obama over the past 8 years, but I'm not going to start a fight with them and ask. Michael and I have chosen to take Michelle Obama's advice, and "When they go low, we go high." It's hard to take the high road, to be respectful and positive when we've seen so many adults much older than us behaving extremely poorly the last 8 years, but that is what we are going to strive to do. We're going to try not to let our distaste for Trump show, and we'll be praying fervently for him. I believe that in this decision and in our faith in God's plan, we have been given peace. Once again, this election was no surprise to our Lord. It feels like a testing of our faith, and we are determined to rise above the madness and show Donald Trump respect, even if we think he doesn't deserve it. Only when someone takes the first step, to act, will "the crazy cycle" begin to slow down and stop. (<-- This is just a little snippet of what we've been learning in our Love and Respect book.) I pray you will be in prayer for our nation as well, and that you, too, will find the peace only God can provide.
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