One more time!

For some reason my post has been turned around into a racial post. If you re-read my post I did not mention any thing about race at all. I could care less what race someone is. If Mr. Obama had been pink with purple polka dots so what. As I have thought about it over the last week my biggest concern WAS experience or lack there of. But apparently the American public think he is well capable of the job. I NOW say lets see where he will take us and go from there. I believe he will try to do great things, but it will not be easy. This country is such a mess now it could only take an act of God to fix it, and maybe just maybe Mr. Obama is that act. That is my final word on this subject!

Conflicting Tohughts 2

Because some of you have asked for clarification on my last post here it is.

I did not like or dislike Mr. Obama or Mr. McCain I was conflicted. I was unsure who I wanted to win. I would now consider myself an independent, neither left or right. Personally I believe everyone should be this way, then maybe we could all get along. Yes, I do not agree with some things either candidate brought to the table. McCain I believe would have kept digging at this hole we are in, thinking it was the only way out. Obama and his views on the family upset me. If you believe in God at all you would understand my reasoning, and I'm NOT going to get into that! Most people DON'T want to here it, and I don't want to argue! Nor do I want any one who reads this blog to argue. The Bible says to love one another.

The entire point of my previous blog was;

That I WAS discouraged about the outcome but, am NOW excited for President Elect Obama! That prayer and passages from the Bible helped me come to this realization.

Conflicting Thoughts

We have a new President!

I went to bed last night not too excited about this news. Some of you this may be a surprise. Up until seven years ago I would have voted with the Democrats, but I started to change, grow up a little. My beliefs have changed dramatically in the last seven years. I think it all started with the loss of my son Richard and the realization that a prayer had been answered. But that's another blog.

So when this race started almost two years ago, I really started to pay attention. I listened to all the speeches, all the adds, all the questions being asked and their answers. I think I listened too much because I began to stress out about it, as if I could really do anything about it. That is not my place, it's not your place either. When I woke up this morning I still felt unhappy about the outcome of this election. I then realized that I would be telling my daughter who had won. Megan has been very interested in this election and had formed very strong opinions for a ten year old. Opinions I did not have, I tried not to influence her in any way. But she did not like Obama at all. She may have gotten some ideas from her Grandfather who is very outwardly opinionated, and unfortunately in my eyes a racist. (How did I ever turn out so well?) So when she asked me this morning who had won, I was hesitant to tell her. When I did she reacted unexpectedly, at first she was shocked but then finally came to terms with the news. She then proclaimed with an adult spirit " Good for Him!" God bless this child, she knows how important this is and what it means for our country.

We talked about this during breakfast and on the way to school. After I had dropped her off at school I turned up the radio. I was listening to WPER a christian radio station. Of course they were also discussing the outcome of the election. They too were a little like me, discouraged but Excited. As I listened to the DJ's I began to understand why they were excited. They were reading scripture and encouraging people to not be upset. One thing they said that completely opened my eyes was, God knew who was going to win, God put that person in place for a reason, we need to trust God and know that he is sovereign. We also need to pray for President Elect Obama, pray for his protection, and that God can use him for what he already has in place.


So now as I write this blog, I too am excited! We need a change of pace, and if Mr. Obama can bring it then I say good for Him. I'm excited that this invisible racial line has been crossed. People have for years denied that it exists, but it has. Now maybe we can move past our sins of 150 years ago and truly be, One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.


Just remember, "Nothing in ALL creation could separate us from God's love. Through the blood of His son, Jesus"


Please pray for our New President and our country. Know that God has a divine plan and all we can do is keep close to him and trust him.