I want to be completely honest. I didn't vote for President Obama. I don't feel bad that I didn't vote for President Obama. No matter what my friends or relatives who did vote for him may think of me, I voted for that other guy.
However, that doesn't make him any less my president now that he is in office. No more so than any president who's came before him that people didn't vote for. That's the beauty of America.
And while each president is different, and they may talk big or have some ideology, the fact is, they are still human. I don't think any president is worth my worship. They are NOT God. I know God knew from before a multiracial boy by the name of Barack Obama was born into this world that he would someday be the 44th president of this country. It was a destiny God placed upon his life. It's what he was fashioned and created to do.
And although based on his politics, I did not vote for him, I pray for him and his family and hope that he represents this nation, and hopefully, if God willing, challenges his own party and goes against the expected norm and does what God would have him do...and I mean those things which are in the Bible, not just the Constitution. Those things which our forefathers would have done because they believed in a separation of church and state where it was the state that didn't interfere with church matters and not the other way around!
I pray that the man who placed his hand on the Bible today realizes that it is his duty now as one who professes to be a Christian to bring this nation to where God wants it and not to where any political party wants it. I believe in one nation under God. Enough with legalism. It's getting us nowhere. It didn't impress Jesus when the Pharisees quoted scriptures from their head and not their heart. What we need is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will show us no "pre-set rule" of doing something is going to change this nation. We have attempted to banish God but God is can not be banished. His will is going to be done one way or another. It's just whether or not our eyes will be opened to see it and our hearts open to recieve it. So, I pray that President Obama will be a leader who, through God's divine guidance, gives us a change greater than he could have envisioned...a change greater than any of us could ever have expected.
Although I didn't vote for him, this man is my president. And I already have a great hope for the future. Now that the big speeches are done and the grueling campaign is over, I can see something in him that those who voted for him might not have. I see a devoted husband and loving father. These are two traits alone that are admirable and inspiring in a world where family is being degredated more and more. I see a man that is not just up there because he is riding on the fact that he's the first African-American president. While this is true, and commendable, no man's color, whatever it is, can replace character and ability. These are two of many qualities he has.
So, while at the end of the day, I may not agree with any of his politics really and, while at the end of the day, I believe McCain could have been just as great of a president for this nation in this hour, President Obama is my president. He's overcome many obstacles in his life, from not knowing his father to losing his mother, and recently his grandmother. He's just one more proof that America is the land of opportunity. He's one more proof that no one has any excuse to not take the opportunity of freedom and equality granted to us to be the greatness we all have the potential to be!
I know I for one am done being mediocre. No more lukewarm in any aspect of my life. God has designed me for a greatness the same way He designed our new President and the presidents before him. It is up to us to make the choice of what to do with the flame He puts there. And I'm making the choice to burn it up, baby!
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