Yesterday was a bit of a trip, will all the election results coming in. It was fun watching journalists/serious news types try to contain their glee at the opportunity to blanket us with wall-to-wall coverage of all the various races.

I have to admit, I kinda got caught up in all the excitement, even though I wasn’t emotionally invested in any of the results. As a conservative in liberal California, I got used to my vote getting canceled out by my own big sister and all my friends’ votes. So I vote, but I don’t expect much. It seems I moved into the most liberal county in Tennessee, so my votes still got canceled by someone (thanks for making me feel right at home, Davidson County).

The excitement I felt wasn’t about who or what "won" or "lost". It was about feeling the winds of change, even if its just a breeze, blowing through the nation. I think a change in congressional leadership will be good for the country, and I’m pretty confident the Dems won’t completely break America. Even if they do, we will be fine. We are a nation founded and expanded by adventurers and frontiersmen and women. The blood of Davey Crockett still flows through my veins, even if its quite diluted by generations. But that blood is joined by Native American blood, Revolutionary blood — and the blood of Jesus Christ. — Oh holy cow! Don’t get all "Da Vinci Code" on me. I’m speaking metaphorically now.

Look, we can do this. We can overcome whatever adversity comes our way. We’re just not so used to adversity these days, so we whine a lot. And we try to control everything, even when it’s obvious we cannot control anything. I am saddened by the passage of Amendment 1, but what can you do? Jesus’ Church is just a little too locked up in fear right now; so afraid of losing losing their own faith that cannot see they’ve already lost their way. Jesus would never had approved Amendment 1, but we His people are so much less then He. We are so imperfect. I am sad, but I am also excited. As Joseph told his brothers, "What you meant for evil, God meant for good." The enemy of our souls is laughing loud and hard over the passage of this amendment, for the pallor is casts over God’s people who are, sadly, so closely associated with its passage. But God will have the last laugh.

Not because He is legalistic and loves this amendment. I believe with my whole core that it grieves Him terribly. God will have the last laugh because He will use those who are truly following Him to overcome the damage of this law through grace and love. What an opportunity Jesus’ followers have now to throw open their door, throw open their lives, throw out their arms in wide loving embraces to those most hurt and feeling betrayed, those most angered, by this amendment.

The deed is done, but God is never finished working. He will continue working out His dreams and desires in and through those who love Him passionately, who beg Him to let them in on what He’s doing, let them be a part of it; a part of creating the future.

And that’s me. I beg Him daily to let me be a part of what He’s doing in the lives of every person around me. And I love Him passionately.

Like sweet rain on a summer day, I smell the winds of change, and it excites me. Can you smell it? Let’s create the future. Together with God.