Today our new president was inaugurated in Washington DC amidst great fan fare and pageantry. Watching the inauguration on TV, I found that President Obama's speech to be very interesting. He didn't give a list of what he was going to do, in fact he hardly spoke about himself. Instead President Obama focused his speech on us as a nation and what we as a nation need or should do. He made a few references to being black and how far our country has come that he can now be the President. Maybe because I'm white or didn't live through segregation, I don't see the big deal about him being black and now the President. Race should matter, it doesn't to me. He even had a few references to God and scripture (the verse he used, in its original context, didn't really apply how he used it). He didn't place blame for our national situations on one person or group of people, but instead said it was all of our faults. I found this interesting since many people place all the blame on Bush and his administration, forgetting that the Democrats and they themselves played a part in what is happening as well. Over all his speech was good and challenged us as a nation to work for the better.
While I may not agree with many things our new President stands for, allows, or agrees with it is my job to pray (1 Timothy 2:1-2)for President Obama. God has placed President Obama in leadership(Romans 13:1, Daniel 2:21), whether for good or for the discipline of our nation. He has some very difficult decisions he will have to make in the next four years and he deserves and needs our prayers, whether we agree with him or not.
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