Post Election Thoughts

          We've just completed a nasty season of annoying election ads and debates.  And things just don't always go as we expect. I have good friends who are thrilled with the results of the election and I also have good friends who are shaken by the results.  It is very easy to get discouraged when you go through something that is as sickening as this was.  But we need to remember that if we are believers, we are in the Lord's hands.  He knows our ways, our needs and our future.  And that knowledge can help us face today and tomorrow with hope.
         Recently I was looking for a theme chorus to use as I led the worship for a Sr. Saints Retreat at the Pinebrook Bible Conference.  An old chorus that we used to sing in prayer meetings when I was a youngster came to my mind and I thought it was very appropriate for the times that we live in.  I am including the words this week as a reminder to you that no matter what happens around us, God is still on the throne and He never forsaketh His own.

Refrain:

God is still on the throne.

God is still on the throne,

And He will remember His own;

Tho' trials may press us and burdens distress us,

He never will leave us alone;

God is still on the throne,

He never forsaketh His own;

His promise is true, He will not forget you,

God is still on the throne.

1.     Have you started for glory and Heaven?

Have you left this old world far behind?

In your heart is the Comforter dwelling?

Can you say, "Praise the Lord, He is mine"?

Have the ones that once walked on the highway

Gone back, and you seem all alone?

Keep your eyes on the prize, for the home in the skies;

Refrain

2.     Burdened soul, is your heart growing weary

With the toil and the heat of the day?

Does it seem that your path is more thorny

As you journey along on life's way?

Go away and in secret before Him

Tell your grief to the Savior alone;

He will lighten your care, for He still answers prayer;

Refrain

3.     You may live in a tent or a cottage,

Unnoticed by those who pass by;

But a mansion for you He is building

In that beautiful city on high;

It will outshine the wealth and the splendor

Of the richest on earth we have known;

He's the Architect true, and He's building for you;

Refrain

4.     He is coming again, is the promise

To disciples when He went away;

In like manner as He has gone from you,

You will see Him returning some day;

Does His tarrying cause you to wonder,

Does it seem He's forgotten His own?

His promise is true, He is coming for you;

Refrain

Be encouraged.  Keep looking up!  God is still on the throne!