Thursday, January 22, 2009

New President...New Start?

Wow...as I watched and listened to the inauguration on cnn.com and on the radio, I was amazed.  I don't know or at least remember another one quite like it. 
 
The invocation delivered by Rick Warren was amazing...He was asked to think about taking "Jesus Christ" out of the prayer and he didn't.  Instead, Rick Warren chose to use multiple names in closing his prayer...Jesus Christ, Jeshua, etc.  Some believe that he spoke on unity instead of focusing on the Christian-way.  I took it in a different light...I believe that Rick Warren is a mighty man of God.  I thank him for delivering the prayer in the way that he did on Tuesday.  I think he was praying for unity among our American brothers and sisters in the fight for bettering our country and our world...and he did so in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ's name...AMEN to that brother Warren.  

And for those who think he shied away from the whole gay rights thing...I'm ashamed!  I read somewhere online that the quote, "He (God) is loving to everyone He has made" was being thought to include homosexuals and abortionists...well DUH!!!  God DID create everything and everyone and YES He DOES love everything and everyone that He created...including sinners!!!  FYI...we are ALL sinners!  

I am thankful that created me in His image and I believe that His image would be thankful for President Obama's choice in Rick Warren leading the invocation in His name.  I also believe that God has BIG plans for President Obama, his cabinet, this country, this world, and His people!  

Let's always focus on Jesus Christ as our example...He was sent to provide us with a "Dumbie Guide" for how to live our lives...afterall we are dumbies compared to Him, right!?
  
LOVE GOD AND LOVE OTHERS!!!

I am proud of our new administration and look forward with great hope...and YES we should pray for our leaders...both democratic and republican the same...for we have ALL fallen short of His glory.