Posted by
Doug on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:20:50 AM
What an interesting day! I am always thankful for my country on the day of a new president. In the US power changes with a trumpet fanfare and handshake. Throughout most of history, power changes only with the head of the former leader on a bloody pike. I was also struck by the visual imagery of this changeover. Maybe we really can say that anyone can be president, and that your skin color does not matter. For this, I am thankful.
Now we enter into a new period. My prayers are with the new president. Whether I voted for him or not does not matter, for my future, and my kids future is bound together with President Obama. And I must admit that my life, and my country are many times more important than my political identity. So I wish him well. I will recognize the good, and I will call out the mistakes. And I will not seek to destroy him from day one, as many did with our former president. May God truly bless the United States.