We have 240 years of experience and not even 1 year of
wisdom. We should be celebrating that
our Grand Experiment that we call the United States of America has once again
survived. Power will transition by the
vote and civility not by bullets and bayonets; yet so many seek divisiveness
even after the election.
Elections and campaigns are tough, demanding much from the
candidates and the electorate. Sometimes
the dialogue dies and only demonizing exchanges of vitriol and acrimony remain
in the final days before votes are cast.
But in decades past, Americans set aside their pettiness and supported
whomever was elected, charging them to do what is best for this great
nation. Our differences could take a
back seat to our patriotism and we could give those elected to office a chance
to do right by the longstanding process that elected them.
The election just accomplished is not far off from the one
on the horizon. Wisdom beckons us to
give those elected a chance to do right by the people and the Constitution and
by almighty God. Can we not open our
eyes and see that many have won and lost in the past, to include many contests
noted by nobility and others by mud wrestling, but a victor emerged and the
country transitioned power.
I have embraced some elected officials, tolerated others,
and was just outright unhappy over some elections that didn’t come out
according to my view of the best for American; but my loyalty to this great
nation demanded that I give those elected a chance to do the best that they
could.
That meant praying for them instead of demeaning them. That meant corresponding with them instead of
taking public potshots at them. That
meant exercising wisdom over vitriol and patriotism over selfishness. I plan to stay that course. I ask that you join me.
