Wednesday, November 5: Voters in California (YES!), Arizona, and Florida (overwhelmingly) chose to protect traditional marriage.
Black Californians overwhelmingly supported the measure that defines marriage as between only a man and a woman: 70 percent, while 94 percent voted for Barack Obama. Whites supported Prop 8 49 percent.
Tuesday, November 4: Voting day was uneventful at my Santa Clarita Valley polling place. I did what I could today. Let’s hope McCain pulls it off and Propositions 8 and 4 pass.
No matter who wins, keep smiling, everybody. Take comfort in knowing God’s in control. 
By the way, fellow believer Randy Thomas is live-blogging and chatting. Come on over!
Later: Washington Examiner editorial page editor, blogger, and fellow believer Mark Tapscott twitters: “I expect to have more investigative journalism fun in the next four years than sane man should be allowed!”
Don’t despair over President Barack Hussein Obama. Follow Mark’s lead and think of all the blog fodder, investigative pieces, and spirited conversations America’s new socialist regime will generate among us. And I’m convinced this book idea I’m working on will be much more marketable with Democrats running things. A contrarian voice in the wilderness! I am and will remain an outspoken conservative.
And don’t forget about our Christian witness, urgent no matter who’s in the White House. Cry in your beer/wine/coffee/tea/water/whatever tonight, suffer through all the “What an historic moment in the history of historic moments!” “First African-American [cringe] president of the United States!!!” headlines you’ll see tomorrow morning, then get on with things.
Goodnight all, and thanks for reading LBC.
Addendum: State ballot measures still in play.
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I was going to write a long post about how much I’m dreading an Obama presidency.
But I changed my mind. I’m feeling too good right now.
I’m sitting in front of my bedroom window, watching tree branches sway in the wind. Beyond the trees is a hill, the same one I’ve been looking at for weeks. Sometimes it’s obscured by smog. Other days I see it clearly. This view is one of the many reasons I left DC and moved to California.
My sister and I are going to the polls tomorrow, and we’re going to hold our noses and vote for John McCain, who most likely will lose this election. (This will be my first time on the losing side in a presidential election. I voted for Clinton and Bush II twice, and victory was sweet.)
Yes, I dread an Obama presidency, but my faith in God holds steady. He will accomplish his purposes, even if he has to use President Barack Obama to do it. You see, God is already using Obama to accomplish one of his purposes: to light a fire under me. I’ve been holding back on you, God, and you’ve been patient.
Yesterday, I was reading a book that referred to this passage:
“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself…”
Christ says he’s preparing a place for me. For me. I talk about my relationship with Christ, but I know I’ve been holding back, afraid to fully trust him and develop the kind of intimacy that will allow God to use me fully to accomplish his purposes. Every Christian has been commissioned to make disciples of all men and all nations, to represent him on earth and advance his kingdom. But this Christian has wasted a lot time, caught up with my own desires.
Yesterday was a turning point for me, though. Jesus’ words — his preparing a place for me in his Father’s house — resonated in a way they hadn’t before. I was moved, deeply touched by his love for me. It is a privilege to serve him, and my heart goes out to people who stubbornly reject him.
We’ve got a lot of work to do, Christians.
Update: As a reader reminded me:
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD,
Like the rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes. - Proverbs 21:1
