Dear Christians,
I am sad this morning. I am sad because I see a lot of us saying a lot of mean things about Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton. Okay granted they are not perfect. Granted they have made a lot of mistakes. Granted that we want the best leading a country and we believe others could do a better job. But, they are the two people in the running. It's not somebody else. It's them. Trump and Clinton.
So why does it bother me that people are being so mean? It bothers me because as Christians we are called to a higher standard. I'm not saying we need to agree with how the candidates are acting or that we need to agree with their words, choices, actions, etc. But what I am saying is that we need to love them. Saying mean things on Facebook about them isn't loving. In conversations while talking about the election, our words should be dripping with love.
Honestly, I'm not sure I've seen a lot of love from Christians during this election. And what baffles me more is that most of the comments I am hearing or reading are from Canadians. They aren't even going to be our leaders. Yes the US affects our country too, but it is still no excuse for us to be unloving. I'll admit that I've said my share of mean comments about the candidates and for that I'm sorry.
Remember, people are listening to us. People are watching us. May our lives reflect the love that is in us. May our lives reflect Jesus. We follow Jesus after all.
We need to be praying for our leaders and the leaders of our world. Instead of bashing Trump or Clinton, why not pray for them. For their salvation. For their choices as leaders. For the US as a whole. They are our brother after all. We need love not hate.
1 Timothy 2: 1 & 8
Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone, for kings and for all who are in authority...
Therefore I desire that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or contentiousness.
