As I write this, we are one day beyond election day. Some things are now clear: We have a new president. Not since Grover Cleveland has a former president been elected after losing a second term. Control in the U.S. Senate has passed from Democrat to Republican control. Control of the U.S. House of Representatives is still to be determined. As in every U.S. election, some people will be pleased and other people will be disappointed.
As I have in every year since I became a voter, I voted for my choices. As I have always done, I will pray for the president and all the members of Congress that they may have wisdom from God that is beyond their human capacity. I am pleased that it appears there will be a smooth transition of power from one administration to another, which is in keeping with long-term American practice.
We are still a very divided country along many lines. Only the future will show whether we can find a realistic unity. Many of the same questions are still in the minds and emotions of the American people. Can we find ways to address these questions together or will we stay divided about the decisions and details of American life and policy? At the very least, I hope we can cool the inflammatory rhetoric and have more rational conversations about what we should be doing as a nation together under God. May God bless America even in spite of our divisive tendencies.