As we are in the week of President-Elect Trump’s inauguration, here are some general thoughts I have about the state of our country, its leadership, and other tidbits you might find interesting . . .
- Let’s agree on this right from the beginning: the greatest problems of this country were caused by political candidates of all parties—who were elected by us, just to remind you. Our growing moral depravity, greed, obesity, debt, etc. (it’s a long list) are of our own doing, and I blame us Christians the most for allowing these things to happen. We have not been a great example of salt and light to our fellow countrymen.
- Nearly every American wants our country to be great. No party holds the copyright to that sentiment. There will always be major differences on how to achieve this, though.
- I didn’t vote for any of the major presidential candidates, not so that I could be neutral on my blog, but because of personal conscience. People I love and respect voted for Clinton and for Trump. I still love and respect them. I hope you still love and respect me.
- For reasons I don’t necessarily agree with, many in the American Church believe that Trump’s election was God’s intervention—a reprieve from the judgment our country deserves for drifting from Him. My concern is that Trump’s election could actually be worse for the Body of Christ, because we will grow even more fat, lazy, and selfish. With Mrs. Clinton’s election, we evangelicals may have had to exercise our faith more.
- Some of the individuals with whom Mr. Trump has surrounded himself seem to be good and godly individuals, foremost being vice president-elect Mike Pence. Time will tell if they will be good leaders. I hope so for the sake of our country.
- It seems that our country is more divided than ever. I don’t believe President Obama was a unifier, and I have doubts that Mr. Trump is one either, but I’m willing to give him a chance.
- I do not understand why any American would want Mr. Trump to fail before he has even taken office, much less going forward. I wanted President Obama to be a great president. If he fails, our country fails. History and God will judge whether he was great or not. The same will be true for Donald Trump.
- Much of the (1) media and most of (2) Hollywood are behaving childishly. They preach tolerance, but can’t tolerate those who don’t believe as they do. The former masquerades as unbiased, the latter as righteous. Both groups want to be taken seriously, but our faith, hope, and trust should certainly not ever be in them. They should stick to what they are paid to do: (1) actually reporting unbiased news, and (2) acting.
As I close, my prayer for President-Elect Trump is the same one I prayed for President Obama. I pray that he would experience revival in his heart and be in a deep pursuit of Jesus. If he does this, he will gain the necessary traits to be a great leader and the rest will take care of itself. This should be the prayer of our hearts for us as well.