Picking up the pieces

Lots of emotions.  Disappointment, disillusionment, sadness, worry ..... to name a few.  Losing is crap.  We cannot simply bid good luck to all those who voted for more debt and Socialism, as they sit triumphantly on the deck of the Titanic, headed towards the iceberg.  We must stay on the boat with them, clinging to the railings for dear life.

But we have life jackets called the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  And there are enough life jackets on board for all who accept them.  This is the shining light in the storm.  This is our real hope.  As Ezra Benson, former president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Secretary of Agriculture in the Eisenhower administration, warned ... "The Constitution will be saved, but not in Washington."   His sobering words:

"It is imperative that American citizens become alerted and informed regarding the threat to our welfare, happiness, and freedom.  No American is worthy of citizenship in this great land, who refuses to take an active interest in these important matters."

Then let's BALANCE that with the encouraging words of Gordon Hinckley, also a former president of the same church: 

"The gospel means 'good news.' The message of the Lord is one of hope and salvation. The voice of the Lord is a voice of glad tidings. The work of the Lord is a work of glorious and certain reward. I do not suggest that you simply put on rose-colored glasses to make the world look rosy. I ask, rather, that you look above and beyond the negative, the critical, the cynical, the doubtful, to the positive. 
Said the Lord in a dark and troubled hour to those he loved, 'Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid' (John 14:27)."


So let's turn these defeating emotions around.   Don't forget that we ARE on the winning team!  Resolve yet again, to stay focused on the light.  In the end, it does not matter as much who or what kind of person lives in the White House.  

It really matters what kind of person lives in my house.  And in your house.