Hold your heads high

"..I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high." 

Leviticus 26:13

Happy November!

It is November 8th, and 2 days ago our country elected a new Leader.  Many got out and voted, some for the first time, and were proud to exercise their right to do so.  Of course there are always those that don't vote, but still cast their opinions to all those who will listen.  (Pet peeve!)  

Some made their choice based off of others, based off of race, or money.  Everyone had their reason.

Lines were wrapped around buildings, some waited for hours to cast their vote.  I personally waited an hour and a half with three children in tow.

People waited to hear the results, many on the edge of their seats. And then the verdict came in, late that night.  Some were cheering, some weeping.

Hate began to rise and run rampant.  Children spouting it off, obviously repeating things they were told by their parents and those close to them.  Racism and stupidity and ignorance poured out of people, things many have fought so hard to kill.  Facebook and Twitter was overrun with fear and doubt, arguements and disputes.

So many of us, Christians too, had become guilty of putting our hope into a man.  And when he didn't win the presidency, there were those who began a gloom and doom ministry. ;)  Some of those whose candidate won, were prideful and arrogant, rubbing it in the faces of the others.

Did I hope someone would run our country that had a heart for the unborn?  For marriage and morals and ethics?  Of course.  But I did not have peace about this election, or those running.  It never felt right to me, neither party represented our Father fully.

I say this with a heavy heart - Man cannot save us, or our beloved country.  Man has plans - God has purpose.  Man has intentions and conditions - God has hope and a future.  Man has ideas - God gives creativity and true love.

Though the leaders can change, God remains, and we must remind ourselves that we are NOT of this world, if we have chosen to follow Jesus.  The mission is the same - to LOVE with His heart, and share Him with the world until He returns.  Judging and pointing and condemning those He came to save will not accomplish the mission He has given.

Love is needed more than ever before.  We pray for His mercy and grace - we pray for forgiveness that we have not acted and prayed and shared the gospel as we should have.  We repent for our sins and those of our nation.  But love LOOKS like something - and we must show the world exactly what that is.  Humility and forgiveness and ridiculous grace.

How else will they know?  How will they know that He is GOOD and His mercy endures forever?  We must pick up our cross and carry the weight He has asked.

We must DO what He's called us to, stop making excuses and reasons we are afraid and why we can't do it NOW, and stop putting it off.

He has graced you and me for what He's asked us to do.  We just have to trust Him.

He is in control. He has purpose.  And He set us free so we can be confident that He can use us to do that for others.

His ways are not our ways, but we must trust them.

<3 christa