On this Inaugural eve, as I watch news broadcasts showing the excitement mounting in Washington, D.C., as American citizens from all over arrive to be a part of history, I am overwhelmed with grateful, grateful tears. I am overwhelmed because, of all the places in the entire world that I could have been born, God placed me here. He placed me in America.How could I have been so honored, so favored? Why? I think at this moment I feel a little bit like King David must have, when he penned these words in Psalm 8: "What is man, that Thou art mindful of him?" I am so favored, to be alive and a part of this magnificent moment in time.
Though my heart and my support were absolutely with our departing President, I did not feel the sense of active engagement with President Bush as I now find myself feeling with our incoming President. This seems to have developed rather suddenly. It is here. The charisma of which I was wary has now, apparently, enveloped me, too. I, and America, are behind Barack Obama, and so should we be. We all need one another.
We need God's help, we need hope and faith, and we need one another.
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We have been told for the last eight years that it is patriotic to oppose the President. I intend to be a President.
All your political debate will serve you well, then, Andy...good practice.
During the Inaugural coverage yest., someone was speaking of the need for a certain amount of partisanship, that back & forth...there's definitely a place for it...a need, actually...I'm planning on doing a post along those lines at some point, God willing...
oh yeah, and did I say, You DO? Wow.
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