Since last Tuesday’s election results, it has been tempting to grow despondent. We possibly witnessed the election of America’s most liberal president. Democrats made massive gains in Congress. Abortionists are swarming into positions of power. If Obama gets his way, the next few Supreme Court justices won’t be conservative in the least. We have hate crime legislation and gun control like never before to look forward to. Things in some ways appear grim. Regardless, after reflecting on the election, I believe that there are many good reasons to be positive, even excited, about what happened surrounding the election. Here are a few I came up with off the top of my head. I’m sure you can think of more:

1. In the days leading up to the election, we saw Christians on their knees like we have not seen in years. Special prayer gatherings were held across the nation, some filling entire stadiums. Christians were on their knees repenting and crying out to God. Personally, my church had a special prayer service specifically for the election. Even though we didn’t receive what we thought was best, God heard America’s prayers, and if Christians will continue to repent and pray, God promises He will heal our land.

2. Sarah Palin didn’t become VP. However, she did exemplify something which will have an impact long after this election’s excitement subsides. Sarah Palin’s decision not to abort her son Trig even though she knew he had Down’s Syndrome, has demonstrated to thousands, even millions of women, the beauty of choosing life. No amount of advertising from the pro-life movement could have positively affect so many people as Sarah’s obvious love and devotion for her son.

3. During the election, voters once again resoundingly voted in favor of traditional marriage, giving a clear signal that while the media and politicians may declare that homosexuality is acceptable, main stream America doesn’t agree. Now, thirty states (including this election’s miraculous victory in California) have amended their constitutions to define marriage as between one man and one woman. [Just a side thought, do you remember the California Supreme Court decision that overruled the pro-marriage referendum and caused the whole thing? Had the court not overturned that statute, Christians would not have been motivated to pass the constitutional amendment defining marriage in California, and California would have been in serious trouble when Obama’s policies began hitting the books. God is indeed sovereign, and what may have looked like a curse was actually a blessing in disguise.]

4. Admittedly, the Republican Party is in shambles right now. That may be good. It was getting hard to tell the difference between a Democratic and Republican Senator anyway. Now, the Republican party has a chance to reorganize and reinvent itself. Hopefully, the battle lines will be much clearer next election!

5. As Conservatives, we learned who our friends are…and aren’t. Some of the revelations were shocking. People such as Colin Powell showed their true colors and changed parties. I even had friends who cast their ballot against everything they knew was right. But we also saw groups such as the Mormons, not considered traditional friends of evangelical Christians, playing enormous roles in getting pro-marriage amendments passed. Valuable lessons learned.

6. Hillary didn’t win! (There is justice in this world.)

7. America stayed out of World War II until we were attacked at Pearl Harbor. It took a direct assault to get us involved. Christians in America have been in a spineless stupor. God may use Obama and his cohorts to finally wake us up and help us realize “there’s a war out there!” Now that would be a blessing, albeit in unattractive packaging.

8. Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.” Nobody cares when 5000 defeating 100. But when 100 defeat 5000, history never forgets. Soon, or maybe years from now, we may be confronted by difficult days, but we may also be presented with a unique opportunity gifted to few generations: overwhelming odds. At the Alamo, 182 hopelessly outnumbered patriots cut out for themselves a swath of glory that still stirs the most despondent heart. Now granted, things aren’t all that bad…yet. Regardless, we to may be granted the opportunity to stand our ground and tell our enemies, “Come and take it.” There is no greater privilege than being allowed to stand and fight when the odds are long. During the darkest hours of World War II, Winston Churchill gave one of histories most stirring speeches. Europe had been swallowed whole by the Nazi blitzkrieg. The Allied army defending France had been crushed, narrowly escaping annihilation. Paris had fallen, and on June 18, 1940, the last glimmer of light was extinguished when France surrendered. On that day, Winston Churchill addressed the House of Commons and related the disastrous turn of events. “What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.” He closed his address with one of history’s most legendary challenges, “Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour'.” No matter what happens, may we also so resolve.


God Bless America,
Ben Nicholson

P.S. Any thoughts? Additional points?