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Thursday... There is a whole lot of excitement and a bunch of despair.


Psalm 7:1 (NLT), "I come to you for protection, O Lord my God. Save me from my persecutors - rescue me!"

Thursday... There is a whole lot of excitement and a bunch of despair.

I know, I know that we get all caught up in all of what is being said and we take sides and taking sides can be both good and bad. It seems that all that matters is who wins.

I


am a Los Angeles Dodgers fan and they beat the Padres, the Mets and then the New York Yankees and they became the World Champions of baseball and we had a great parade. Winners seem to do that. But what if I was a loser then no parade and that has also been true for me many times.

Now the same is true in an election. Being a winner is great but a loser stinks. And in our country there are deep feelings on both sides. Some have great excitement and others deep despair. And I understand that too. I have been a winner and a loser but the truth is, I have found that the problem is who you stand behind, who you totally believe in and that is so important.

King David who had a lot of experience in winning and losing said this in Psalm 7:1, "I come to you for protection, O Lord my God. Save me from my persecutors - rescue me!" And our choice in this is the key and David made the right choice in his situations.

I personally have made some choices emotionally but I have also found that there is a choice that makes all the difference in my life. 

I have been a fan of the Dodgers for a lot of years and somewhere along the line I came to realize that I had no power on whether they win or lose and decided that I should not let their winning or losing affect my emotions the way they used to. If they would lose it would ruin my day, I would be in deep despair. And the opposite would be true if they won. And the same is true in my choice of who should be President. Now of course that choice does make some great differences in my life but my choice as to who I have place my eternal choice makes all the difference. Yes, who is the political party who runs our country is very important but not as important as the one who rules our lives. 

I can understand why people are excited or in despair but it is God who is Sovereign and who rules the world, who protects us, directs us, prepares us, guides us and loves us to the point that he sent his Son to die for us. No Republican or Democrat has ever done that for me. 

And here is what is important for us to do. Verse 17 says, "I will thank the Lord because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High." And this is also important for us to see. Verse 10 says, "God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are true and right." And he is the right one to put our total trust. 

So give yourself a day or two to be excited or in despair and then turn your sight to the one who really makes the difference. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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