The Day After Midterms 2022
November 9, 2022
Rev. Fred C. Bennette Jr. registers voters in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1963.
It’s the day after midterms here in The United States of America. I wanna know how you’re feeling in the world—no matter where you are in the world. Tell me, how are you feeling?
This is what I posted on IG this morning. 💙
Heartbroken for @staceyabrams. Bummed for @betoorourke. Fingers crossed for @raphaelwarnock. Happy for blue victories across the country. Grateful mama of 4 Gen Z’ers who voted in record numbers for things that matter, like justice and equal rights. My votes in SC didn’t help much but I won’t give up.
I live in TX, and I just feel sad and heavy. I didn't actually expect TX to flip; I knew it was unlikely, but I "hoped" anyway. I'm thankful and encouraged. that it was not a mass "red wave". Yes, fingers crossed for Warnock and AZ too.
Heavy and sad to live in a state where people swing Bibles in equal if not greater numbers than they open carry guns, and yet, we collectively vote like we've never learned anything about Jesus. I'm sad for the oppressed and the marginalized, I'm sad for my daughter and I'm sad for my sons. I'm not at the action steps point, as the older two are in HS, but in the next 3-5 years think I will be leaving TX.
I've had to remind myself that God is good, and he is still in charge . . . but that was God and in charge when His chosen people were exiled to Babylon because of their choices . . . I'm weary and sad, but here for the long game.