How I made my peace with with Donald Trump winning this election.
Because despite being a registered Republican, I did not want Trump anywhere near the White House.
Step one: I cried. A lot. I just needed to get the emotions out. And that's perfectly okay to do.
Step two: I prayed. I prayed for peace of mind and clarity to accept what had happened.
Step three: I listened to what the Holy Ghost wanted me to do. I was prompted to read my patriarchal blessing.
Step four: I followed the prompting. I read it, and a particular passage about finding the good in other people hit me like a ton of bricks. I realized that I had not been living up to that blessing. Because I had hated Trump and his family and his supporters with such intensity that I could not, or rather would not, try to find the good qualities they possess. God does not want me to hate them because they are as much His children as anyone else is. Donald Trump is as much a child of God as I am.
Step five: I repented of my hatred and asked God to help me see the good in Trump, no matter how hard Satan may make it for me.
Only after doing these things was I able to rise from my despair, and see that even if things go way, way south for this country and this world, it is only because the Millenium is coming, where the perfect being that is Jesus Christ will personally rule upon the earth.
Step one: I cried. A lot. I just needed to get the emotions out. And that's perfectly okay to do.
Step two: I prayed. I prayed for peace of mind and clarity to accept what had happened.
Step three: I listened to what the Holy Ghost wanted me to do. I was prompted to read my patriarchal blessing.
Step four: I followed the prompting. I read it, and a particular passage about finding the good in other people hit me like a ton of bricks. I realized that I had not been living up to that blessing. Because I had hated Trump and his family and his supporters with such intensity that I could not, or rather would not, try to find the good qualities they possess. God does not want me to hate them because they are as much His children as anyone else is. Donald Trump is as much a child of God as I am.
Step five: I repented of my hatred and asked God to help me see the good in Trump, no matter how hard Satan may make it for me.
Only after doing these things was I able to rise from my despair, and see that even if things go way, way south for this country and this world, it is only because the Millenium is coming, where the perfect being that is Jesus Christ will personally rule upon the earth.