What’s left now that the election is over? After witnessing all the mudslinging, lies and insults, did you wake up on Wednesday morning surprised or disappointed? Exuberant or depressed? Are you just relieved that it’s finally over? It’s time to take a deep breath and collect our thoughts.
One thing is certain. None of this took God by surprise. Regardless of how we voted, or even if we didn’t vote at all, now is the time to find common ground with our neighbors and begin healing the wounds of division.
Abraham Lincoln faced a similar challenge during the Civil War, the most divisive time in America’s history. He had just been re-elected for his second term and Congress had voted to end slavery by passing the 13th Amendment under his leadership. At the close of his second inaugural address, Lincoln strengthened a violently divided nation with these words: “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds … to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”
The first step of healing is always acceptance. Accept that we have a new President and newly elected officials at the state and local level to whom we owe our support and respect. Accept that we may have disagreed politically, but we are still neighbors and countrymen. We must believe the best of each other and find our common ground. We all want the same things - the best for our families, our children, and grandchildren, regardless of our...
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