Most of us, who are alive today in the United States, have never had to experience the brutality and frightening reality of living in the midst of war. Veterans who have fought in Vietnam and other foreign wars have witnessed unimaginable atrocities. We have seen on our televisions through live footage, and in re-enacted films, the devastation and ugly aftermath of war torn countries; but we have not had to experience it on our own soil. We have not had to fight our neighbors or family members because of differences in our ideologies.
I continue to pray for peace in our country and in the world, as I know many others do. We are on edge due to the current president’s refusal to concede the election. He has sequestered himself in the White House, consumed with anger and obsessed with tweeting his defiance, in what is a losing battle. Legally, he does not have a leg to stand on. President-Elect Joe Biden won fair and square. The damage that Trump can yet do in these remaining days should cause us concern. Our country could not be more vulnerable than it is at this moment in time. He is trying to draw our attention away from the importance of national security and from our greatest threat – COVID-19. He is igniting the unrest and civil disobedience that he, himself, has professed to disdain. He is a man who is capable of great evil and he will not be pacified. A wiser man would retreat to lick his wounds and fade away; but I fear the only thing that can stop him is his death.
Thankfully, Joe Biden is experienced, calm, focused, and steady. He has already taken the reins to prevent the runaway of our country’s values. He is providing the American people with the assurance that a loving father would give his child. He and Kamala Harris will lead us out of the dark forest in which we have been lost for the preceding four years. They will lead us away from potential war, to peace. They will lead us into the Light.
