In Michigan they still do not
know who won the presidential election vote.
The rest of the nation knows, and now, eleven days later, while social media
still buzzes with joy for the “winners” and despair for the “losers”, I thought
I would give you a field report of how it’s going here in one of the states that
could have decided the outcome.
The highways are open. Cars
are running at 80 m.p.h. in the fast lane. No more road rage than usual. The airports
is operating. Airplanes fly in and out carrying vacationers to Mexico and
business travelers from Michigan. No hijackings. 5th Grade Crossing
Guards stand at their post before and after school each day and little children,
from red and blue families both, make their way safely across the streets of
Michigan.
I was able to attend an elementary
talent show in which all thirty (30!) acts performed to the delight of their
classmates and under the enduring eyes of parents and grandparents. All thirty
acts went off without a hint of protest.
There was a girl in a red dress. And then a large assembly of red-blooded 5th
Grade boys in blue clothing filling up the stage doing 5th grade boy
antics, full of life and not yet realizing that being “cool” requires them to
slouch and frown in front of girls and adults. Maybe next year. The crowd cheered for all of the acts, red
and blue. Did I mention that there were thirty of them?
That’s how things are in this
state where the tension over the election results plays out in the halls of political
power. The people have spoken, although we don’t know what they said yet. But,
there is a fine line between acceptance and resignation. Both the “winners” and the “losers” have an
obligation to give meaning to what “the people” said.
I received an email from a
friend who wanted to know how to give to a Michigan-based woman our church supports as a missionary who is raising
money to serve Muslim refugees in Greece.
His rationale for giving is that “Christian charity and compassion
toward Muslim refugee families is of vital importance.” I suppose that he
figured now is the time to act; to do something positive.
Life goes on. Everything
seems the same. And everything is
changing. And that is what a modern
American Revolution looks like in the field eleven days later. What are you going to do about it?
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