I understand what you mean.

I'm not happy about this.

But somehow, I feel strangely at peace.

I am going to continue to pray. And do whatever I feel moved to do.

That's really all you can do when circumstances are completely out of your hands.

I refuse to believe that the Swamp won.

I can, however, allow myself to believe that this is a Pyrrhic victory and not the last battle in the war.