I just finished a conversation with Glenn “G.T.” Thompson, who won the Republican nomination tonight. I offered him my hearty and sincere congratulations. He, too, was a grass roots candidate and had to run a tremendous race to pull off this victory.

I promised G.T. my faithful prayer support in the months ahead, and especially if he should win the general election in November to become our next Congressman. I have learned in a new way the importance of the Biblical admonition to pray for those in authority. I hope you will join me in praying for his well-being, for his family, for sound judgment, and for God to be glorified through his service.

I have truly mixed emotions tonight. On a personal level, I am satisfied that I ran the best race I could run with the resources available to me. I did not compromise. I was true to the Lord I serve, true to my principles, true to my promises. I ran cleanly. I ran well. I have no personal regrets. None.

But having no personal regrets is not the same as having no regrets at all. You invested so much in this race. You gave your time, your energy, your money, your prayers. You gave me true friendship. You gave more than I could ever have imagined. I asked for more than I thought I had any right to ask, and yet you gave even more than I asked.

And so while I have no personal regrets, I do feel some sense of disappointment—for you. I think you deserved a win. And I wish that I could have delivered one—for you.

But that is not the providence that God has unfolded before us. And so it now becomes my prayer that you will be able to rest as happily as I do. God has spoken. He does all things well. I am content. I hope you will be, too.

I cannot begin to repay the kindnesses you have shown to me and to my family. And so I turn to God and ask that in my inability to properly thank or adequately reward you, He would take up my debt, and bless you for the good you’ve done.

My family joins me in saying, from the depths of our hearts, “Thank you.” May God be with you.