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It's been over two weeks since our national election,
and we still don't know who our new president will be. The judges,
journalists, and politicians are all trying to sort it out. Needless to
say, it's a mess. It seems particularly important to pray for the
politicians right now. I couldn't do better than to offer the following
prayer given earlier this year in the Florida Senate (where else?)
by Donald L. Roberts, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries
Manasota, Inc.:
| Holy and Eternal God, it must be great to be God, to get what you
want-when you want it-how you want it. We mere mortals are not that
lucky. We are always having to compromise to get what we want. We call
the process "politics". You see, O Lord, we find Senator
Jennings' priority number one is Senator McKay's priority number five
and Governor Bush's priority number ten; and Senator Carlton doesn't
even know it's on the agenda while Secretary of State Kathryn Harris is
busy closing down shop. In the midst of all this "politicking"
during Session, we know we are supposed to "Be still and know"
your will for our lives and all the people of the State of Florida-with
every lobbyist in the world bugging us to death. So, God, while we
acknowledge you never said discipleship would be easy, we do call upon
you to come and be in these Senate Chambers today. Thank you, Lord, the
Session is almost over, the budget deal is cut, education got some more
money, we cut a few taxes and in the end, most everyone in this chamber
didn't get everything they wanted. And that's the good news. That's
politics, Lord, and unless you want to move over and give us the job of
being God, which some of us think is our birthright, we will have to
muddle along being satisfied with being the best politicians you can
create. It's the fun part of being human. In the name of the God of all
things, even politics and politicians and in rare instances a lobbyist
or two, Amen. |
May God help the politicians and all of us muddle
through the aftermath of this election--for the next few weeks and for
the next four years.
 2000 C. David Hess
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