The election results are in.  I thank God for having given me the desire and the motivation to participate in the democratic process.  I am grateful to God for the blessing of being a citizen of this great nation.  I fled communism 44 years ago on a boat, and here I am today as a proud citizen of this most blessed nation.  

Now, what matters more than anything else to me as a Christian at this particular moment in time is that I should not be sidetracked from my main goal in life, that I should not be distracted by the things of this passing world.  They might be important, but they cannot distract me or lure me away from the path God has put me on: a pilgrim on his pilgrimage back to his Maker.  

The rich man had a good harvest and decided to tear down his barns and build larger ones in order to store all his goods that had been overflowing the old ones.  He became self-satisfied.  Looking at his vast possessions, he felt smug and complacent.  "I now have stored up goods that should last me many years.  And so, now, I should enjoy myself!  I should eat and drink and be merry!"  But that same night, a writing appeared on the opposite wall of his bedroom, "You fool!  This night your soul will be demanded of you.  To whom, then, shall you leave your wealth?"  

I don't want to be foolish.  I want to be wise.  I want to finish what I have started by God's grace.  I must look at politics and everything else with realistic eyes.  In the end, I know nothing matters. What matters ultimately is what matters to God, and it is this one question: Have I loved God and my neighbor (especially my enemy) in the way God has wanted me to love?  In the end, I must always beg God for help lest I lose my soul for my failure in love.