Election thoughts...

My children and I have watched the election very closely. We have studied all aspects of the campaigns and prayed over the men and women running for offices in our government, particularly the president's office.
We have discussed carefully what our response should be if our particular candidate didn't win the election. Well, that has happened.
I am amazed at the derogatory remarks, disrespectful attitudes of many Christian adults toward our President Elect. This saddens me. I do not agree with him, I do not in any way, shape, or form support many of the agendas he has, but I believe that God has laid it out in Scripture that I am to respect the office of president that he will occupy. I must now support him through prayer. If I have any issues that I disagree with then I should look for ways to get involved to change the course of those agendas NOT criticize and speak with malice about him. But, sadly, I am not seeing that in many of the adults that I have spoken with. Instead I have heard many malicious comments toward our President Elect or at the very least comments that totally tear down and not encourage or help....
What are we teaching our children? Are we ignoring God's Word, are we saying it is okay to say things in politics about people when it is never accepted to speak that way to individuals we are daily involved with?, and are we proving to our children that we don't really trust God and his ways? I mean, God is still in control and uses all people to bring about his glory whether or not they "want" to bring him glory (think of Pharoah....Nebachanezzer....Pilate...)!
I really want to help my kids to understand that right now God is in control and he will use these next four year to shape his people. I do not know what the future holds but I know who holds the future and I trust HIM (Almighty GOD) to keep me in his hand as well as my children. God can and will give us the courage and the will to stand for him in the days to come. He will show us how to be actively serving him and actively working toward seeing his principles put into practice whether it be in our lives individually or collectively as a nation.
I hope that we as Christians can look to our President Elect and pray with pure hearts for his turning toward God's voice and God's principles. I pray that we as Christians will stand up and be a beacon of light in this nation even when we are not particularly thrilled with the outcomes of elections, world events and so on...
Please pray for our President Elect- Barack Obama as he gets ready to serve and work for our country. Pray because God requires it of us.