The election was a good thing...

Because now the battle lines are clearly drawn, what happens from here on will be the stuff of history lessons. Imagine that, some day some damned fool romantic kid will pine for the chance to live what we're about to endure. He/she will sigh, "I wish I could experience those things and prove myself". By the time the dust settles, many of us will fervently hope they get their stinking wish! Misery does love company!

On thinking about the current cesspool our nation dove into, I'm glad to be at this point of my life. Twenty years earlier and I'd have still been trying to get both feet back onto planet Earth after a misspent youth. Twenty years later and I've have been almost useless, not too many eighty year old men can assume they've enough time to help their families weather the storm of religious persecution and economic chaos, both of which I firmly believe those of us who hold traditional Christian beliefs will endure.

Being sixty at this time isn't what I'd want normally, but God's will be done. At least both sides of my family have routinely seen members live well into their late eighties if they stayed off the booze, hard drugs and cigarettes. So chances are I'll be around to help my young kids weather this.

Those of us like myself, someone who daily attempts to discern God's will in this world, can now more clearly see who to count on and who not to. Our work is more clearly defined, a lot of the gray areas are gone. Let's face it, the nation opted for a party that strongly protested any mention of God in their platform, a party that is cheerfully embracing those who would kill humans at both ends of life in the name of expedience, a party that works to remove all traditional values from the national scene. It's also a party that makes no bones about it's intentions to punish all dissenters. Now we'll get to see who wants to be IN the Church and who just wants to play "Church".

God's will be done, may He have mercy on us all. Time to go to work.