Congratulations to Barak Obama
Mixed emotions. While I don’t support his policies or philosophy, I also applaud that a man is president in a country where he could not have voted fifty years ago, not to mention he would have been enslaved another century before that.
I applaud Obama’s right as a man, regardless of his skin color, to serve as president of the United States.
There was a nice moment where a white couple was being interviewed about the win, Obama supporters. Behind them stood Jesse Jackson. He was weeping.
While Jesse Jackson has his issues, too, it must be overwhelming to have marched in places like Alabama and Mississippi in the face of such hate and oppression and to live to see a black man as president of the United States.
More thoughts to come this week. But for now I just say congratulations and pray for a righteous and wise leader, as is my duty as a Christian.
Peace.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
I’m really glad you said this.
I’ve been reading your posts on politics, and I’ve gotten some emails from Alice on politics…and I guess God has just laid some different things on my heart. I’ve been trying to share this with my parents, but to no avail.
I didn’t vote for Obama, and I don’t agree with many of the things that he stands for…but neither do I agree with McCain on several issues. I voted for McCain STRICTLY as a lesser of two evils.
I guess when I examine my own heart and I see my own wickedness…and this while I pursue Christ with my whole heart, then I can only imagine the motivations of people who are in bondage from religion to sex and everything in between.
I see NO righteousness in the Republican party. If they so happen to be in support of issues that I as a follower of Christ support, then so be it. I cast my vote, and leave it at that. Because while Republicans may have a certain moral issue very right…they may be spreading a subtle evil that could be even worse.
I really have problems with the idea that being a Christian and voting republican are in any way linked.
I really have problems with the idea that voting is a Christian duty.
I think it’s the church’s responsibility to define marriage, protect the innocent, love the poor, and change the direction of nations…not the government’s. I think we have neglected and whored out our responsibility to a secular government, and then we lament that “America is falling away.”
It’s ridiculous.
All that being said, I’m really glad that we do have a Black president for many symbolic reasons. I wish that I could rejoice more, but Obama supports some things I cannot go along with. And so at best, it’s bittersweet.
But what I am most sad about is certainly NOT that McCain lost….I’m most sad that Christians in America have made such idols out of things that are not Christ.
We’ve asked for a king to lead us, when we already had a cloud by day and fire by night.
So now we have our king (political power, mega churches, pride, patriotism, etc.).
To be clear, I’m not ranting at you…for the most part I agree with you. It’s just that your post brings up some things that I’ve been very frustrated with in this whole election.
Thank you for expressing balanced, spirit filled insights.