Albeit we're a bit concerned that if we explicitly associate your will with the results of the election, there's kind of an impression given that the winners have God on their side.
Which given the potential leaders we're looking at currently seems, frankly, a bit worrying. We mean, we know you've worked through Cyrus, Potiphar's wife, Joseph's brothers selling him into slavery and a talking donkey. But, you know, that was back in Biblical times when it was all a lot simpler.
And we're a bit worried that if we say your will is equivalent to the results of a democratic election, then it's arguable your will made a right mess of it in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Not to take party political sides, but we've not been a terribly high-performing country after any of those votes. Was that your will?
As if it was, we can only conclude that in fact your will is to punish us for something. Maybe the Empire, or making hot pants trendy in the 60s, or Strictly Come Dancing. Don't get us wrong, we can understand the punishment is deeply appropriate. But shorter and sharper would probably be better than this slow death by lies and fantasy we've been going through lately. Just a plague of frogs, maybe?
Votes without end
Amen
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Maybe a fraction better in public eyes than 'that despite it, your will be done'. Although I suspect the latter may be closer to reality.
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