This past Sunday, as part of a service to help people process the election, I asked people to share ‘what they were hoping for when they voted’. I aked them to share these hopes by writing them down. I asked people to NOT tell me who they voted for. I encouraged their anonymity. Here is what they said:

• Policy to remember the less fortunate. Kind words. Maturity, Compassion for all. Servants heart. Life experience of giving to help others. Heart for those less fortunate.
• I hope our elected President Donald Trump would be come a Christian.
• Our country to be a peace with all nations.
• I voted, but I let Jesus take care of our future.
• My hope A future without fear. (Underline theirs)
• I voted for an inclusive America where race doesn’t matter_by that I mean that all persons are truly equal.
• I voted for the nation, political leaders and harmony.
• Equality.
• Peace-Unity-Equality
• Change for the good of all. (Underline theirs)
• Change!
• Inclusion and Love
• I voted so we could move forward inclusively. Leave the division behind.
• Make the country come together united for all.
• People that are in severe physical and spiritual poverty.
• Pray for Grandma Ellie.
• Peace, health care, homelessness be addressed.
• Come together to improve-Hope, peace.
• A change for our country & unity.
• Hope
• I was hoping my daughter would feel empowered to be anything she feels called to be.
• 1. Protect the Constitution. 2. Reduce government interference in decisions that should be ours. They don’t know what we need.
• Peace & unity of all Americans. Kindness to one another. To know the Lord. To help mentally ill.
• 1. A Supreme Court that upholds the Constitution. 2. Rage against the machine.
• It was always my hope, for greater equity, and justice and that the voices of those in need be heard…and this hope remains, as it always must.
• That God would get the right candidates in so the US can move forward. Everyone work together.
• Hope: Bring Americans closer to unity. “All men are created equal” is clearly stated in our Constitution.
• For the people of the USA to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hope and trust in their government again.

FWIW.