I have a confession to make: reflections on the 2016 election

I have a confession to make: I believed it.

I have been doing debate for two years now, and during that time I've had to read a lot of news articles. This included articles from Liberal sources. As I read through them, I could sense the liberal biases inherent in their writing. I knew that they were coming from liberal mindset, and everything they wrote had their worldview clearly woven throughout it. But I could detect that. I could separate truth from fiction. I could sever the facts from the fallacies.
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Or so I thought.

Then it came to the election. I still knew of the inherent bias among most of the authors. I mocked the News when it predicted Hillary Clinton winning with 90% probability. I disregarded remarks by commentators saying that Trump has no chance. I ignored polls that showed Clinton would win easily.

Or so I thought.

But when a friend asked me what I thought about the election, I couldn't answer him. He asked me what my prediction was, and I refused to answer. I didn't have the courage to admit that I believed…
...that Hillary Clinton would win. I suppressed the thought as much as I could, yet I felt it throughout my entire being.

I believed it. I had allowed the views of those you I knew to be biased to invade my mind with their political agenda.

Yet worse, I also knew the God had the power to control the election. Daniel teaches that God sets up kings. Proverbs says “the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord”. I knew God's perfect will would prevail, and I prayed for a particular outcome. But I didn't believe it would happen.

I had lost hope in God's abilities.

Thankfully, I was wrong. But I'm not happy I was wrong; I let down my guard. I knew God was in control, in my head, but I didn't believe it.

Ultimately, I have learned one of the most basic facts found in the Bible. It is a fact that I had known in my mind for years, yet seemed to ignore on this issue. It was still head knowledge, never having made it all the way to my heart. I allowed the voices of those who disregarded God shape my beliefs. And so I believed the wrong source.

The truth was:
Mark 9:23 “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”

Mark 10:27 “And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.”
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Note: The sources cited about Trump losing are for illustration only. I actually read different ones, but I forgot the exact articles.