Have you ever been in a relationship, or maybe you are in one now, where the toxicity is so great you'd give anything just to get out. You'd even pay him/her to get out? In fact you offered just that and to pay their first month's rent to a place way away from you but they wouldn't go? Then one day you confirm there is definitely a God.
Out of no where, you come home to an empty house (even some of your belongings are gone) or you come home to that devil loading his/her car in a hurry, as if you were the one refusing to let them leave. Their whole expression says, “I know you'll miss me!”
Low and behold, tears begin to flow like a river from your eyes. The feeling of joy consumes every part of your being. It's almost like the “Holy Ghost” taking hold. It's like fire shut up in your bones. It makes you want to shout! But...you can't just yet cause it just may not be real. Lord please let it be real is all you can utter.
Come on y'all, I know I cannot be the only one.
Well, this is just the feeling I got when I learned Joe Biden had won the presidential election. I got the “Holy Ghost!” It came out of no where. It came like a thief in the night. There was no hooping or hollering or speaking in tongues. I just felt brand new. The odd thing about all of this is, I wasn't going to vote. It's not that I didn't want to. I just felt like I really had no real dog in the fight. It really didn't occur to me to put my “x” next to any of the other presidential candidates either cause I didn't get a warm and fuzzy about any of them either. God knows I only had sympathy when I scrolled down to Kanye's name, not enough to give him my vote though. After wrapping up my conversation with God, it came down to either 45 or Joe Biden for me.
I've lived a long time and experienced enough presidents to know that a president (no matter how much he/she proclaims to be better than the opponent) can only do so much. He/she is not God although many of us seem to think they are. He/she is not God although many of them probably thought they were. It's often times the same song and dance through a different body. Regardless of what I may have thought prior to the election, it is apparent that my soul recognized a major shift...a much needed shift.
Have you ever felt this way? Did you feel the same as I a few days ago? What about after learning the election count?
One thing is certain in my opinion, many of us experienced four years on a roller coaster ride from hell. You know one of those relationships where the partner looks you in your face and tell you who she/he is. Their boldness and unconcern for your heart isn't a guess any more. You have been told by the enemy that you are definitely sleeping with the enemy and you're stuck right there in the muck and mire of it all. The way out isn't even a dream any more. You merely exist.
Then one day...
