Six years ago, I endured of the most traumatic events of my life as I went through a divorce. It felt like a death as I watched my marriage, in which I invested so much, crumble before my eyes.
My inability to deal with guilt, shame, and embarrassment damaged relationships. Yet, I have been able to navigate through. God’s helped me with the support of family, friends, and fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Above all, they loved me enough to challenge me to face reality.
Coping with loss is never easy. Losing is excruciatingly painful. Similarly, it’s painful for me to see how my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ – who support the incumbent President Trump – are choosing to process grief over the President’s 2020 election defeat.
I’ve heard Christians say God used this election to separate “the wheat from the tares.” I’ll translate for those outside the church. This is to infer a Christian who voted for the President is on God’s side and is authentic (wheat). Conversely, a Christian who voted for President-elect Biden opposes God and is an impostor (tare).
Additionally, I’ve heard Christians subscribe to the President’s conspiracy theory of a rigged election in certain battleground states. Yet, he has failed to present any credible evidence — and I emphasize credible — to confirm the claim.
Therefore, to believe the assumption that poll workers and election officials in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia — where I live and there’s a Republican governor and a Republican Secretary of State — have all conspired against the President to commit fraud is, at best, nonsensical. And that huge numbers of Christians are giving credence to this is alarming.
Speaking as a conservative, if there was such a grand conspiracy to help Democrats, why did down-ballot Republicans gain seats in the Democrat controlled House of Representatives and retain seats in the Republican controlled Senate? The President himself noted their victories. Those Republicans were on the same ballots with the President, the ballots he claims are fraudulent. Should their wins be nullified? Of course not. They are who voters wanted.
I’m reminded of when God was preparing Joshua to assume Moses’ role — after his passing — to lead the Israelites to Canaan, commonly known as the Promised Land. Joshua looked up to Moses. However, God wanted Joshua to come to terms with the loss of his mentor. He said bluntly, “Moses My servant is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving them (Joshua 1:2).”
As forthright as God was with Joshua about the death of Moses, I’ll be with my dear brothers and sisters who support the incumbent President. Donald Trump’s bid to win this election died on Saturday, November 7, 2020. His challenger, Joe Biden, reached the required 270 electoral vote threshold to become President-elect. The voters have spoken. The electoral college is to honor the will of the voters. Failure to do so is a dereliction of duty.
I know the past week has been difficult. I know the church-at-large is afraid of being marginalized. It’s desperate to hold on to the power gains made during the Trump administration.
With that said, to perpetuate the notion that God is going to overturn the election results in the President’s favor through the courts is unhealthy on a personal level. It also damages our collective witness to those outside the church. Such a desire advocates lawlessness. Speaking again of marriage, it’s like a Christian praying to God to have another person’s spouse.
Oddly enough, President-elect Biden said it’s better to show the power of our example to others instead of the example of our power over others.
God has been here over the past four years. He’ll be here for the next four years and beyond. He’s in control, and that will never change.
Please. End this. Let it go, and let God be God.
I love you all.
