I never thought I’d say this, but…I agree with the MAGA crowd about one thing. 

In the most critical moment of a man’s life, Almighty God broke forth from the heavens, placed his hand on the man’s head, and turned it ever so slightly so that the bullet intended to take his life merely grazed his ear.  It was a modern miracle. 

Here is where my agreement with MAGA ends.  

God did not save their revered leader so he could assume an anointed place as king of the most powerful nation on earth. God saved him so that he could not.

God intervened on that fateful day in Pennsylvania in order to make room for another man to demonstrate true greatness.

Eight days later, God quietly stirred the heart of another man to make the most courageous of human decisions.  

There were no chants, no bullets, no fists in the air, or shouts of “Fight! Fight! Fight!”  

There was only a man, his family and close friends, fervently and prayerfully, trying to discern the best path forward for the nation they love.  For the nation!!

President Joe Biden, a man who aligns his actions with his values, a man of great faith who believes in the sacred cause of our nation, in a key moment decided to set aside his personal ambitions, step away from the most powerful position on earth, and pass the torch to a new generation. 

But the story does not end here.  

In an act of divine irony, President Joe Biden took a moment to endorse a successor who is the antithesis of a would-be MAGA king.  

A woman.

Kamala Harris.

A fierce, brilliant, articulate, compassionate, tough woman, whose parents were immigrants and husband is Jewish.

A woman descended from African, Jamaican and East Indian people.

A woman who is a mother to children she did not birth.

A woman with a quick smile and a belly-laugh.

Perhaps God is on the side of freedom, equality, compassion, hope, honesty, respect, love, empathy, kindness and justice. 

We must all do our parts this side of heaven to ensure these three moments, linked together across eight days, create a moment in November that changes the course of history.