We're OK. Some of you may have thought either Alan or Iwould stroke out last night upon hearing the election results, but no, we're fine. We had become resigned last week to the idea that it wan't going to be our year, and now we are resolved to make the best of what is to come. I was cheered and reassured that California passed their proposition 8. I am happy that they worked together and overcame what was clearly a big step down a steep and slippery path. Good for them, they are examples to the rest of the nation. And they did it in a state that is home to the infamous city San Francisco. I have always voted a straight republican ticket, and I was always proud to do it in the past, but yesterday, it bothered me because I felt that true conservatism was not at the top of the tivcket this time. I hope and pray that my chosen political party will get back on the path to conservatisim; morally, socially, and fiscally. And I believe that if I have to leave the republican party in order to vote for conservatives that have my same beliefs, I can do it. So I will wait, along with you, for the end of our current President's term and hope that Obama will be a good president and be able to build and bring our economy back to health and that together with all the other democrats who were voted in last night they will make decisions that will prosper and benefit all of us. I pray that our Father in Heaven will have mercy on us as we struggle with the deep and dividing differences within our society, which we are not strong enough to overcome. I pray that our leaders will be prompted to listen to reason and be influenced by their belief in a God and his righteousness. I pray that we will find peace with other countries of the world as we head into 2009 and be an example of strength, courage, goodness and generosity that we have been in the past.
Just some of my thoughts and feelings a day later.
3 comments:
I was heartened by your comments. I too feel that there is so much work to do and it would be foolish not to entreat Heavenly Father for his aid and blessings. I was very happy that proposition eight came through. Same sex marriages were also voted down in four other states. I was particularly happy that Chicago could host a party without shootings, burnings an d riots in the streets. Lets not even talk about what happened when the Bears won the super bowl. I hope that the city looked good and we impressed the International Olympic Selection Committee.
I was also heartened by your comments. Tuesday was a bit painful, even though we knew! Like Sara said, we will have to have Faith and be prepared for anything. Trust in our prophet!
I, too, was disappointed at the results of the Presidential election, but all we can do now is hope for the best. Thanks for your words. It helped to bring me up and give me hope that possibly the next four years might be okay.
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