This night, no decision has been reached in the U.S. election.
Mail-in ballots have yet to be counted
Foreign countries have infiltrated the voting process
Lawyers and judges are preparing to argue challenges against counting mail-in ballots

As it all unfolds
I pray.

And then I noticed a shadow on my bedroom wall made by a little statue
and heard words with a familiar melody echoing in my head.
I found myself praying … a song.
While the words are part of a Christian hymn
they can have meaning for non-Christians when adapted, as well
because …

“We are pilgrims on a journey;
We are family on the road;
We are here to help each other
Walk the miles and bear the load.

I will hold the night-light (Christ-light) for you
In the nighttime of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you,
Speak the peace you long to hear.

I will weep when you are weeping;
When you laugh I’ll laugh with you;
I will share your joys and sorrows
Till we’ve seen this journey through.

When we sing to Nature’s glory (to God in Heaven)
We shall find such harmony,
Born of all we’ve known together
Of the world’s (Christ’s) love and agony.

Brother, sister, let me serve you;
Let me be a friend (as Christ) to you;
Pray that I might have the grace to
Let you be my servant, too.
<Richard Gillard, adapted by June Maffin>

May we hold the night-light for one another this night
and if necessary, the coming nights
as the legal process unravels.

The answer to the question “what is going to happen?”
is not “what” but “how”
and the answer is
“together.”

We will get through whatever happens,
together,
for
“We are pilgrims on a journey;
We are family on the road;
We are here to help each other
Walk the miles and bear the load.

Let us hold the night-light for one another.

© June Maffin
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