If I'm being honest, I'm not too eager to support any of the front-running candidates in the 2016 election. My sentiments about the new presidency would best be described as apathetic. That's not to say that I don't care about the future of our country, but I've found it hard to find to pick someone from the top candidates who I want as my future president. I've also observed the fear, anger, and frustration felt by Americans, specifically Christian Americans, on both sides of the political spectrum.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want a president who plans to deport immigrant Americans (weren't we all immigrants at one point?) and I don't want a president who plans to hike up taxes either (I havestudent loans to think about already) but, there's no point in getting into arguments about the future president because chances are, it's going to be someone you don't want in office anyways. It's going to be someone who makes mistakes. It's going to be someone who does something that will piss you off eventually. It's going to be someone who might end up hurting this country more than helping it. It's going to be someone human, someone who is ultimately flawed and not perfect, because the president is not God. They will have some power, yes, but they will have limited, human power that will be checked by the other branches of government.
I don't even want to address the Christians who are using this election to create and spread more hate into this already dark world (I'm looking at you, Jerry Falwell). But shame on you. You most certainly know better and please, for the love of God, stop fighting on Facebook about the election.
I think more than anything else, we as Christians, need to remember that through this election and through life, God is sovereign. No presidential election is going to change that. No one, not even Donald Trump, can change that. My hope does not lie in man, but in Christ, my Savior.
In the end, it really doesn't matter who wins the election in 2016 or any other election for that matter. God is still sovereign. He always has been and always will be. I know my life rests in the hands of my Savior, not a political leader. In the words of the great hymn, "it is well with my soul".
