Though I did not vote for Barack Obama because of differences in beliefs, I'm a proud American tonight to know that 45 years after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr's great speech, "I have a dream", America has finally elected our first Black President. For that I'm happy for the progress we've made as a nation, though I personally think its been a long time coming, that moment has finally arrived. As a white person I can't fathom the feelings that many of my black American brothers and sisters are experiencing right now, to be honest I've taken for granted alot of things as a white person in this nation that many blacks haven't felt because of the past and even the present actions of too many. I have many black friends who have been gracious to help me understand the struggles of many blacks in this nation, a struggle that I've never felt nor seen while growing up in the far north. I'm thankful that I can finally now say that the desire of our fore-fathers that all men are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights, has come to be realized by all Americans now. I pray and hope that President Elect Barack Obama can now bring unity to a nation that has been divided on so many levels. So as I've been faithful to pray for President Bush, I plan on praying as much for President Elect Obama, he faces some incredible challenges as the leader of the greatest country in the world. Many believe he will fail, but as Christians we are called to lift our leaders up in prayer and to ask for God's guidance, protection, and wisdom on their lives. So with that I pray that over the next four years God grant President Elect Obama the needed wisdom and strength to uphold the office to which he has been voted into.
