A message to Trump haters (and everyone else)

I have to say right off, I would have written this no matter who was inaugurated yesterday.  It would have applied equally well had the new president been named Clinton.  Because it's not about the president.  No - it's about us - the people who decide who will be president.

So, if you voted for Trump - it's for you.
If you voted against Trump - it's for you.
If you didn't vote at all - it's still for you.

Whether you hate Trump, love Trump, anything in between, or totally indifferent - This is for you.

This is the absolute worst election campaign I can remember.  The previous one wasn't good - but this was even worse.  Even with the thin-skinned campaigner in chief that just left office - this one was so much worse.  From both sides!  

Even for me, who is generally into watching Fox News - this was too much.  I haven't watched them at all since the party conventions.  It's all been just too much.  Like two badly behaved little children.  Running for president!  I bet if we had something like the height requirements for getting on rides at Disney and other theme parks - say, a minimum maturity level, neither one would have been allowed to run for office.  

But they did.  And one of them had to win.

It reminds me of something I've written about before.

Do we have the leader we deserve need or both?
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Do we have the leader we deserve need or both? Revisited.

The thought goes back to the Old Testament, where it says that God rises up leaders over the people.  It comes at a time when the people have an evil leader.  (For more, see the articles above.)  
The thing is, the more correct interpretation is that God "allows" leaders to rise up over the people.  In that light, it's not a question so much of God forcing leaders on us - but of God giving us what we want / need.  In the Old Testament days, it would have been what they needed, since people didn't select the men who would attack, plunder and hold them captive.  Today though, in "civilized" countries like the United States, we do elect those who would attack, plunder and hold us captive - so it's more a case of what we want.

Ironically, what we want is often what we need.  Things sometimes have to get so dark that we finally realize the reality of our situation - then we want something better.  (If you think things aren't dark - check out some of the quotes from Trump's inauguration speech.  Or either candidate's campaign speeches.  Even if you don't like what they said, unfortunately, too much of it is true.  This country is a mess.)

In the Old Testament days, God's people would cry out to Him for relief.  Then He would "raise up" the leader the people needed.  This time, a different kind of leader.  For instance - King David.

But today, when we seem to be more and more "proud" of not being a Christian nation - who exactly are the people going to cry out to?

That's something for all of us who claim to be Christians and who voted for one of these two characters to think about.
For the non-Christians who voted - just who do you think is going to "save" you?  In this life?  In the next life?

For those who didn't vote

- I'm reminded of a different time in history.  It was when Jesus was alive.  The Romans were the ruling power over the Jews.  The Romans were awful.  The worst rulers the world had ever seen up to that time.