Election woes and the hope I hold onto

Oh how my heart hurts for our country! I know I am not alone in wishing this election was different--and over. I have grown weary of reading all the opinions on Facebook and in the media. I am tired of having people tell me how I should vote because that is what they believe and, therefore, so must I.

Tonight I became very disheartened by a woman I have admired and respected-and have even been known to go all "fan-girl" over. Her posts have gone from encouraging moms to shoving her agenda down our throats. And you know what? I even agree with her stance! But I have lost respect for how she is promoting that stance. I do not want to be known as her "follower" right now. And that breaks my heart.

I weep for what we have lost as I read the history of great American men to my boys. Sure, our Founding Fathers were not perfect, either. But I can promise you this is not what they had in mind when they deliberated for days in a hot, closed room over what they wanted our country to be founded on. It was not this.

But more than the greats of our past, it must break God's heart to watch our nation tear itself apart like this. This week as I felt more and more hopeless over this election, I came across this passage and it brought so much comfort to me:

Isaiah 40:21-24
"Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded? He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing. No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff. 'To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?' says the Holy One." (Italics mine)

Regardless of who wins this election, I have One who will "reduce the rulers of this world to nothing" in His time. This man or woman who wins the highest office in our nation is but a piece of dust compared to the Holy One I serve.

Is the election important? Of course. But it is not eternal. No matter what the next President of the United States of America decrees, it will not follow me into eternity with my Lord and Savior. And that is the hope I hold onto.