Let's Stop The Divide

This morning is a sad day for some and a jubilant day for others. Some woke to the fact that their beloved candidate didn't win and others woke to the fact that their candidate did win. I guess I am just from the old school of sportsmanship but all I can say is STOP IT!! If your candidate lost, suck it up, pray for our elected leader and move forward. To those that are gloating because your candidate won STOP IT!!!! makes you look foolish and very ignorant!! When I was a kid playing sports we were taught to not just be gracious losers and show good sportsmanship but to also be gracious winners meaning we did not gloat when we won the game.

This is not a time in our country to continue with division and strife. God is on the throne, He is the one that brings people high or sits them down in a low place. When are we going to realize this? God is in complete and total control. Doesn't matter who we have for POTUS, GOD IS IN CONTROL!! Not man, GOD!! We must now pray, pray, pray for each other, pray for our newly elected leader and pray for this country to come together in integrity and in grace and move forward. We can't accomplish anything if we don't get our own lives and priorities together and stop stirring up strife against one another. We are directed in the word of God to pray for our leaders. The word doesn't say pray for the ones you like and leave the others out on a limb without a prayer covering. NOPE!! Here is what the word says:

1 Timothy 2:1-3

1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

² For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

Did you catch that? For all that are in authority, so no matter whether we like the leader or not is not in question in this scripture, we are to pray for our authority. So, let's do what God says and then we will be in a position to be pleasing to God.

I have seen some really hateful, rude, disrespectful and completely unnecessary comments being thrown on both sides. Now is the time to stop the foolishness!! Stop acting like little bitty spoiled children and pray for our country. Pray for God's will to be done in this country. Pray for the lil' babies that are still in the womb, pray that they will have a voice, pray that all people will be treated with dignity and decency. Pray that God gets any and all glory from any accomplishments that this country experiences and lets move forward with grace, integrity and the intestinal fortitude it is going to take to conquer the evils that prevail in our world. We shouldn't be fighting against each other. Rather, we should be fighting the good fight of faith and fighting the enemy of our souls.

Ephesians 6:12

¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Donald Trump is not the enemy!! Hillary Clinton is not the enemy!, the enemy of our soul is satan and he would love nothing more than for people to fight against each other and keep the divide ever widening in this country of ours! We are the people of this country. We can make this country what we want it to be with the grace of God and our earnest prayers toward God, seeking His will and His face, not our own will or our own agenda. 

Let's unite today in one thing at least. GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE!!!  LET'S STOP THE DIVIDE!!