Teachable Moment

Yesterday Makenna woke up asking who won the Presidential race. I told her who would be the next president, and she immediately said, "UGGHHHHH! I do not like what he says!" At her school they have been discussing the election and some things each candidate stood for, and they voted for who they wanted to win, what kind of new playground they wanted, and what the cover of the yearbook would look like all on Tuesday. So I asked her what he said that she did not like. Her response was, "I don't know, but I didn't want him to win." She had a very strong opinion, but no information to back it up. I decided that sounded a lot like most Americans today. We fight and argue about so many things most of us know only a little about, if any. I told Makenna that she needed to know what each person stood for before she decided who she wanted to vote for. I also told her that God will place who He wants to place in power, and that we are to respect that person. The night before the election Rudy Guilliani said something great. The news anchor asked him what he would do when McCain did not win. He told him he would do what every single American should do the next morning. Wake up an American that supports their president 100%. I told Makenna that God's plans are way bigger than the plans of every person in the country, and that we need to know and be ok with that. It made me think of how God kept on chasing after Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel. Neb would turn his heart back to God, and then time would go by and it would stray again. God showed him through Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, through Daniel being saved and his service to him all those years in Babylon, and through being completely insane for 7 years while his kingdom watched. As soon as Neb cried out to God, his sanity was restored. I have always been amazed at how God kept after it with Neb. He was the king of Babylon...huge empire, huge influence, and God wanted him as His own. God got his attention in so many ways. I am praying God's influence would prevail in our country, regardless of who is president. Why are Christians freaking out, crying at their tvs, saying the world is ending, and becoming depressed over this??? Do we not know the Truth? Because of this have we lost our faith...over a man? Can we really rest completely in Him, knowing He is completely in charge? We say it, but are we believing Him through it? Yes, everyone has worries about the future. If the outcome had been different, we would have still woken up to a sluggish economy, houses that are not selling, bills to be paid, sicknesses, disappointments, worries and fears. No man can fix those things. Men do the best they can do at the time, and sometimes they just don't do much. But how can we expect more than that. They are both men, from the dust of the ground. Same as you and me. Would you want the job? Let's be who God has called us to be, not fretting and freaking over the future, but loving and fully confident in our God...and may we be teaching our kids the same. "It is by ME that kings reign and rulers enact just law..." Proverbs 8:15