Inauguration Day

On Tuesday morning, we had an Inauguration party (we love any reason to have a party around here). We enjoyed overnight rolls and watching all the festivities of the morning. Deanna and my friend Laura's kids were here (Laura had to go do her dreaded Glucose test since she is also pregnant). It was great having our resident kindergarten teacher here to help explain to the kids the events of the day. We explained to the kids about how this man would be the president of our country and live in the white house. My friend Laura's son who is six had an interesting question... he wanted to know if the old president and the new president had a fight to see who would be president. It was cool to be able to tell him that this is the 44th time our country had peacefully transferred power. The significance of the first African American president was kind of lost with them. The nice thing about living on a military base is they have the opportunity to play with children of many different backgrounds. This is different than how I grew up in our small Washington town, where we mostly played and went to school with kids that looked just like us. Miss M's first friend she played with in preschool and who is now one of our neigbors is african american. To the kids, they are just like any of the other friends they have. I remember last year Miss M telling me that her friend had such beautiful brown skin and hair and she wished she could have the same. We discussed how God made us all different but still loves us all the same. So although Obamas politics are not my own, I am glad I got to witness the events of this day. I appreciated some good blog posts that reminded me of what the Bible teaches us about our duty as Christians...

Praying for our President - by Ligon Duncan

A Prayer for President Obama - by Al Mohler
"Christians are, first of all, citizens of a heavenly kingdom. The followers of Christ know no allegiance of ultimate rank to any government or earthly authority. Yet, the Bible clearly teaches that God has given us the gifts of law, government, and ruling authorities for our good. We are instructed to pray for "rulers and all who have authority" and to be faithful in praying "so that we can have quiet and peaceful lives full of worship and respect for God" [1 Timothy 2:2]."