"All Flesh is in His Hands."

Last night after finding out the outcome of the elections, and in an effort to escape all of the negativity, mockery, and disrespect found on my facebook home page, I opened my scriptures.  Soon after beginning to read, I found my mind wondering back to the worst-case scenarios and "what if"'s.  Almost immediately in response to those questions, the thought came to my mind, "then we will depend on the Lord."  I then read  the following scripture (not because I purposefully turned there, but because it "happens" to be exactly where I am in the Book of Mormon):
 "Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ having a perfect brightness of hope and love of God and of ALL MEN.  Wherefore if ye shall press forward feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father:  Ye shall have eternal life." 
A small smile went across my face as a feeling of peace filled my body.  "Yes," I thought, "then we will depend on the Lord because 'All flesh is in His hands.'"
There is little about all of this political stuff that I really understand, so that doesn't leave me with a whole lot of room to create strong opinions for myself, so today while mowing the lawn (where I actually tend to do a lot of pondering) in the beautiful fall air, I tried to figure out exactly where I stand in all of this.  I could only think of last night.  I was overwhelmed with gratitude and hope!  I could only think of how grateful I am for the country that I live in.  As people all over the place tease about moving to other countries, I am grateful for this one - that we don't know what it is really like to have a terrible, dictator-like figure as the leader of our home-land, like in other countries.  Grateful to know that no matter what goes on in this world, it is NOT what we need to depend our happiness on.  Grateful to know that all hardship that we face in this life will be compensated for because of Jesus Christ.  Grateful to know that the Lord cares enough about me to give me a little peace of mind when others around me seemed to be in utter panic!  It's going to be alright!
I pray for the leaders of our country - whoever they may be.  I pray that we can continue to "lift where we stand" no matter the circumstance.  More than anything though, I pray that all can come unto Christ and find peace in His promises.