Lord, the processes of selecting our new leaders continues today, with all the contentions we've displayed for so very long now. Grant, Lord, that our representatives in our government might finally, at long last, seek to serve the country, rather than their own self-agrandizement and "stature" among their peers. Grant them, Lord, the eyes to see, the ears to hear, and the courage to do, the things that must be done to heal our land from the injuries of willfulness that has predominated our land for so long now. Their courage needs to be from Thee, for only that kind of courage CAN heal our land, and bring us all back together as "one people." Help them to realize their own needs for this kind of courage and honor and love, lest they fall back into the old pattern of serving their OWN desires, rather than the country's real needs. This I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord, my Savior, and my best friend. Amen.