The Emotional Aftermath of the Election

 

The emotions ran high this period in my life. I won’t even dispute the fact that I felt so much during this time, I prayed, fasted, cried to God, and hoped.

But, during the time of the presidential election, I felt as though all my effort was wasted.  I felt cheated, I felt like I had been robbed. Like something was stolen from me. I literally kept on holding onto hope like my life depended on it. At that time I decided that I wouldn’t talk to many people again that were rejoicing at injustice which 1 Corinthians 13:6 talks about. I kept dwelling on my feelings.

The realization didn’t hit me just yet that what if this was a period to test my faith, I mean I had been building my faith based on the word of God, but I had not been in a position of actually facing challenges and then actually practicing the love of God despite meeting situations that weren’t to my liking. Now I realized that as a Christian I shouldn’t act based on “what I feel” but based on what God says. Cause if God was using how He felt to treat mankind as He wanted, many would be dead. Instead He offers grace and mercy to mankind. I had to learn that I shouldn’t be controlled by my feelings or my emotions but instead focusing on how God feels.

The the word came to me What will God do?

Like literally what does God do to we that fall short of His glory. He shows us mercy. And when we seek forgiveness He blots out all our sins like it never existed.

Isaiah 43:25  I, even I, am He Who blots out and cancels your transgressions, for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Instead of focusing on what happened and what I couldn’t control, I chose to focus on what I could control. I could control how I felt and be under the control of God. I could control how I reacted toward people, the situation and my heart. But I couldn’t control the election, I couldn’t control the damage done. But I could focus on the fact that notwithstanding whoever is in power the season would favor I and my family. 

I took this mindset with me towards the Governorship elections, I literally felt so much peace, cause at the end of the day God knows the end from the beginning. He already saw the results, so me being upset would have not changed the fact that what would happen would. But instead, I prayed to God that our hopes don’t get dashed away. I prayed that my children would not be born in a generation of oppression, violence and destruction.

Focusing on God helping the situation instead of being angry at what I couldn’t control. We accept that things and life generally doesn’t go how we want, but God sees it all. He still turns bad situations into good.

I wouldn’t want to lose focus on the goal of practicing love to even people who offend me or hurt me cause in 1 Corinthians 13:5 says love does not keep a record of wrongs. Verse 7 says love never gives up, and its faith, hope, and patience never fails. 

I chose to focus on what I can control and not what I can’t control. 

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