God isn’t Depressed by Politics, Even if I Am

[mountaineer]

God isn’t Depressed by Politics, Even if I Am
September 7, 2016
 by Chelsen Vicari
EXCERPTED from Patheos; click on link for full article

Two imperfect candidates running for president was inevitable. We are all sinners after all. We get that. But two flawed candidates placing little emphasis on dignity for the unborn, religious freedom, limited executive power, national unity, or founding principles wasn’t supposed to happen. So can I just admit both choices make me depressed?

Not just the candidate choices, but the conflict they’ve created among my Evangelical friends and colleagues is taking its toll.

Anxieties over principles and priorities have created factions among faithful Evangelical brothers and sisters I know personally. Some of my friends are diehard Never Trumpers. Others are Never Hillary supporters. Me? I’m somewhere frustrated in between. I’m not nervous about the outcome of this presidential election so much as drained by faithful Evangelicals’ back-and-forth inner discord and the consequences our conflict could have after the election is over.

We are split. A recent Gallup poll found that 40 percent of Protestants favored Republican nominee Donald Trump and 35 percent held a favorable view of Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton, as reported by the Institute on Religion and Democracy’s Joseph Rossell.

After the election results, will Evangelicals whose candidate lost play the blame game with one another like disgruntled divorced spouses? I deeply hope not.

Maybe we should start thinking about how the aftermath of the election will affect our current divisions. Perhaps discussions can start among Evangelical leaders on how to reunite afterwards.

We all wish there were better options, but that’s not going to happen before November. So instead, as the body of Christ—whether anti-Hillary, anti-Trump, or somewhere stuck in between—we can be thankful that Jesus Christ is sovereign no matter who is President.  ...

[XenaLee]

God isn’t Depressed by Politics, Even if I Am
September 7, 2016
 by Chelsen Vicari
EXCERPTED from Patheos; click on link for full article

God is probably either slightly amused....or slightly bored.....by all of the political antics and ongoing shenanigans we puny mortals carry on about.  Considering that our intelligence factor has sunken so low on the spectrum (since that fateful day in the garden) is probably a cause for contemplation, if nothing else.  After giving us His word to read, study up on and to know.....thereby giving us a roadmap and a guideline on how to get to Him....and seeing us, instead, focus on the minutia of life's daily trials .....

He's probably thinking....

it sucks to be us.   

As for the divisions this election has created....some of those are still repairable after the election disaster.  At least....one can only hope.

[Gefn]

I'm very depressed about this election. For the first time in my life I don't know who to vote for. Write in "Cruz?

I just don't know.

[mountaineer]

Depressed, but trying not to despair. As the writer said, "the Almighty is still on His throne and in the end He wins." 

[Fishrrman]

Xena wrote:
"As for the divisions this election has created....some of those are still repairable after the election disaster."

I disagree.

The election -- regardless of the outcome -- will only serve to exacerbate those divisions and make the gap between the left and traditional-minded Americans deeper.

No matter who wins, things are going to get worse.
I would prefer that our side win, to have a hand up on the situation...