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Mixed Feelings About President Trump

Last night was election night.  The media kept telling me to get some sleep after such a tough election season and especially tough night, but I couldn't.  I tossed and turned and the peace I needed to drift off just didn't come.

This morning I woke up with a sense of dread, wishing it all was just a bad dream.  I had to process, I had to get away.  No Facebook, no reading articles, no phone.  Left it at home.  I just needed to process.

Today I feel God's grieving tears over America and her people. I feel the pain of loss – the loss of the American spirit of love, acceptance, and tolerance for our fellow man. I feel the pain and protectiveness of a Father over his terrified children. I feel the weight of disbelief and uncertainty that is rampant in many of our hearts right now. God knows this pain, feels this pain, and grieves with you. He riots with you in the streets in anger. He honors your difficult questions:

-How could this have happened?

-Where did we go wrong?

-Where is our country going to go from here?

-What should I tell my kids about our new leader?

But despite this reality – the difficulty and shock of what we're about to face as a nation - and to even my own surprise, I also feel His smile. I feel His unwavering confidence and hope for our nation. I feel the power of God working through an evil and downright bigoted man to bring about his own form of justice against a corrupt and unfair system, which has been seemingly unstoppable for years.

-This change will mean the end of establishment politics as we know it.

-This change will mean a radical redirection for not only America, but the entire world system.

-This change will mean a radical shift away from dependence on globalized manufacturing and resources.

-This change will mean a radical restructuring of global powers that will strip down “the Great Satan” and give the power back to the people of the world.

I'm not saying that minorities and oppressed people groups have no reason to be afraid. I'm not saying LGBT people shouldn't fear having their freedoms ripped from them under the guise of “religious freedom”. I'm not even saying the white middle class shouldn't be afraid of a tough economic situation for their families to live through.

What I am saying is that despite these horrific results, despite the appointment of a man unfit to run even his own businesses, and despite the recent proliferation of hate crimes and violence, that President elect Donald Trump is NOT and will NOT ever be the one really in charge.

And in this truth I find my peace.  This truth makes me want to say hi to every stranger I can, to show the world that we're still people that love.  God hasn't given up on us.  He's just begun.