Update: From Congratulations to Barack Obama.
Truly historic. Not being the most ga-ga supporter of Obama, I found myself crying like a baby particularly as I saw many adult African-Americans cry like babies.
I was listening to an interview of an African-American woman who spoke of what will take place on January 20, 2009 when Obama is sworn in as the President of the United States. He will be sworn in on the very steps of Capitol Hill that were built in part by the labor of black slaves. Just consider that for a few seconds.
Honestly, I don’t know what “changes” lie ahead but it is a new day in America. As Minhee and I prayed with our children tonight as we do each night before they go to sleep, we took several minutes to pray for Senator McCain and for President Barack Obama. Regardless of your political leanings, I hope that you’ll keep him and his family in prayer. God instructs His followers to pray for our leaders not because we are to blindly follow them but to simply convey that beyond our finite understanding, God remains in control.
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Let me share one of my favorite quotes from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – one of my heroes. A Testament of Hope: Essential Writings of MLK Jr. is an absolute must read book.
“When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
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