Many are worshipping this morning with a heart of jubilation; for answered prayers; for relief that appears to be on the horizon.
Yet many are worshiping through a sense of loss, disappointment, and sadness on a path forward that seemingly doesn’t include their own hopes and dreams.
Our God welcomes it all.
He welcomes each shout and each tear. He embraces every praise and every fear. He is Lord of all creation. He holds us all in the palm of His hand.
Perhaps this is the day we release ourselves from the pendulum that swings these very human emotions every four years during presidential elections in our nation.
Perhaps today is the day we see each other in Christ and not through the lens of our politics.
Perhaps today is the day we recognize how disingenuous it was not to properly acknowledge the Commander in Chief as Mr. President instead of the terrible things many of us have called him for four years.
Perhaps today is the day we become better than those we have loathed for the four years when they referred to the President as simply a number by choosing today to address the President-Elect by his title and not a belittling nickname heard throughout the campaign.
Perhaps today is the day we let America do what she has always done throughout her tumultuous, chaotic yet beautiful history: we let her evolve into who she has always wanted to become. We let America be the land of opportunity, freedom, justice and liberty for all.
Perhaps today we just worship and thank God for the chance to bring all of our emotions to His feet.
To be fair, I am overjoyed that a woman, yes, a Black woman has been elected to the second highest office in the land. But I have experienced the gut-punching pain of political loss and I understand deeply what it feels to have your personal ideals rejected by others.
This one thing I also know: God invites us all to experience Him in the most personal way in our victories and in our defeats. And, when that happens, the politics of life gets smaller as He is magnified.
Yet many are worshiping through a sense of loss, disappointment, and sadness on a path forward that seemingly doesn’t include their own hopes and dreams.
Our God welcomes it all.
He welcomes each shout and each tear. He embraces every praise and every fear. He is Lord of all creation. He holds us all in the palm of His hand.
Perhaps this is the day we release ourselves from the pendulum that swings these very human emotions every four years during presidential elections in our nation.
Perhaps today is the day we see each other in Christ and not through the lens of our politics.
Perhaps today is the day we recognize how disingenuous it was not to properly acknowledge the Commander in Chief as Mr. President instead of the terrible things many of us have called him for four years.
Perhaps today is the day we become better than those we have loathed for the four years when they referred to the President as simply a number by choosing today to address the President-Elect by his title and not a belittling nickname heard throughout the campaign.
Perhaps today is the day we let America do what she has always done throughout her tumultuous, chaotic yet beautiful history: we let her evolve into who she has always wanted to become. We let America be the land of opportunity, freedom, justice and liberty for all.
Perhaps today we just worship and thank God for the chance to bring all of our emotions to His feet.
To be fair, I am overjoyed that a woman, yes, a Black woman has been elected to the second highest office in the land. But I have experienced the gut-punching pain of political loss and I understand deeply what it feels to have your personal ideals rejected by others.
This one thing I also know: God invites us all to experience Him in the most personal way in our victories and in our defeats. And, when that happens, the politics of life gets smaller as He is magnified.
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