What will you be thinking when Barack Obama is sworn in as President of the United States tomorrow @ 12pm?
I feel and see and hear optimism rising with millions of American's and think that it present a great opportunity for all of us to get amazing things done!
Good, bad, or ugly I wanna know your heart on this!
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Excited.
Honestly I will probably be crying and won’t be able to think. I keep wondering what they are thinking about this whole thing. Can you imagine …. you are about to move into the White House of all places! I remember when the whispers first started about him, and thought back then it would never happen. Tomorrow I will look at the White House (and I lived in DC as a young child) for the first time in my 43 years of living and see someone who looks like me. I can’t tell you how that feels, and I know not everyone will understand.
Shaun…I am going to be thinking that Mr. Obama has the nation captivated by this moment in history. My hope is that he will use this moment to change America for the better (as promised).
Honestly, I did not vote for him. I am scared about how a democratic/liberal governing will alter how churches will be able to function. All of this is rumor…but it’s enough to scare me.
I agree with you…I feel the optimism of a change in leadership. This could be great for our nation. I think that Mr. Obama has a chance to be one of the greatest presidents of our time. But I hope that the media will not build him up so much that the only way he can go is down.
I look forward to the next four years and commit myself to pray for him. If God has his heart…then God will move this nation in a direction that will bring him HONOR.
That’s a part of my hope/prayer for Mr. Obama.
I will, undoubtedly, be shedding some tears-both of joy and optimisn, on this historical and momentus day. My thoughts will turn to a question I have repeatedly asked since moving to the South: ‘Will this be the spark that our people need to realize that we are no longer slaves and have the right to voice our opinions freely?’ I get very frustrated and disappointed when I think of the struggles of the Great War (you know, the one the North won), Emancipation, the Great Migration, and the Civil Rights Movement and see how some of US forget about the struggles. When WE make it, WE think that the work is done. WE forget about those who have yet to find their voices. WE turn our backs because we believe that the Benz or Beemer signify that WE no longer have to fight for respect, recognition, and equal access to quality education, healthcare, civil rights, etc.
WE still have a long way to go. Obama cannot bear the weight on his own. WE all need to step-up to the plate, beginning within our own communities. Don’t wait for someone else to be your Hero…become your own Hero.
I am excited beyond words for what this means historically. My daughter will grow up in a world where Presidents of color are not just on TV.
To be honest I don’t agree with everything he stands for politically and I am a bit worried that 4 years from now we will be in a socialist state instead of a democracy. (I’m all for helping people who TRULY NEED HELP. I work in a system where help is abused and taken advantage of day after day. It bothers me that some folks who need help can’t get it because so many abuse the system.) I’m worried that some policies will make it harder for Christians to speak up for their faith. I’m worried that the global response of our enemies will be to enjoy more freedom to attack us.
I want to say VERY CLEARLY that I pray for Mr. Obama more intensely than I have ever prayed for any other president. I truly want this to be a positive time in our history in ALL ways. I believe that with God’s guidance he can bring real change that is positive for ALL of us, probably more than any other president in modern history. This is what I pray for.
As a white 38 year old male living in the south I am beyond thrilled! I believe that the next 4 years are gonna be tough, but as I have watched and studied Him he will be a president with common since. I believe that he is gonna cause Americans to get off of their Lazy buts and help. He is a team guy and NOT a guy that will back down to popular voice. The Church has a chance here to get past the political crap and get behind him and do something about the mess that WE got OURSELVES in! Its gonna be funnnnnnnnn!!!!!
I think tomorrow is going to be exciting, but for different reasons for me. I think if you take all the social significance out of it (like that’s possible!) and just look at it from a purely policy standpoint Obama wins. I mean, he really does have good policies. Now getting them pushed through Congress is another story, but for the most part he has really solid policies.
I’ll be thinking that we just voted in THE most pro-choice politician in history and I’ll be praying for our nation as we will eventually face the reality and judgment of our choice. All life is sacred. I wish that I could be as excited as others are about this truly momentous occasion (and, it is), but it’s definitely tempered by Obama’s views on abortion.
Personally, I do feel optimism rising. I voted for this man based on policy, and I can honestly say I’ve never been more excited before an election before in my life. That being said, the historical value of this inauguration will likely have me in tears tomorrow, thinking about what promise this brings to the young people of this nation. I can’t wait.
Don’t agree with him and not confident in him. His views and my views don’t exactly mesh. That being said tomorrow will be awesome. We as a nation can take pride of the historic context that moment will bring. Whether I like him or not he is President elected by the majority and I will follow him as my commander in chief.
Im thinking this will be really good or really bad. Hopefully really good.
Tomorrow at Noon, I’ll exhale a sigh of relief. Then the work that needs to be done to rebuild our Nation shall begin. We all must work together. If we sit back and wait for the Government to do something, then keep waiting, cuz nothin’s gonna happen.
Quoting Lincoln: “…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom”
We are free again to serve, to rebuild our infrastructure. Invest and re-invest in our bridges, our hospitals, our education.
I hope and pray that this sense of service to our fellow Americans lasts for more than a couple weeks. There’s a lot to be done. More places of worship like the Courageous Church need to be planted throughout the land.
Several of my friends, family, church family are going through tough times. Having said that, we are grounded on our faith, and rely on the True Provider for all our needs, our Lord and Savior. God Bless you all.
I will be reflecting back on election day when just about everyone I knew woke up extra early with a since of hope and anticipation in realizing that our voice and our vote will count. I will be praying that the momentum that we had on that day will carry over not only on to tomorrow’s great undertaking, but, that it will generate and stir up a great change in mankind and the way we view each other and ourselves.
I did not vote for President-elect Obama, but I can say that he has inspired many. I look foreard to Tuesday knowing that a new chapter has been opened and my daughters will benefit from it. I have 2 bi-racial daugthers that were adopted. My oldest(7) has been feeling very different because of her skin color. While I have encourged her and lift her up I can only do so much because as a “white” guy I can not fully understand. But she has been so pumped about a President that looks like her.
Thank you Dr. King for paving the way.
I’ll be praying that God captivates his heart. There is a great opportunity here for something God will be pleased with to take place, or something that will grieve Him. History will have the answers when it plays out in the end. Concerning the topic of race, I believe this is a great stride for America, but at what cost? I strive to see God and not race, and these comparisons to Dr. King and claims that he has fulfilled the dream are disturbing to me…The church must pray, and we must be even more passionate about serving God and living by the laws of His kingdom than many of us in the church are about this inauguration. So…I’ll be praying.
I’m a 24yr old black male by the way, if that makes any difference to anyone.
I won’t be thinking anything because sadly I will be at work. But tomorrow I will be happy that I will see a man of African decent as President I never thought I would see that in my lifetime! As for optimisom though, I don’t see it! People seem energized about so called change, but I have yet to see it!
Every time I think of tomorrow and the future, I get a sick feeling. We have elected a man with no experience, no integrity, and a plan to change the very foundation of this great nation. He will spend not only our generation but also our children and grand children into a level of poverty never known in this nation. He will advance a pro-death and pro-homosexual agenda that should bring God’s wrath upon this nation. I pray for God’s mercy, but see this as the beginning of the end. I honestly don’t understand how thinking people or Christ-followers can have any hope, any optimism. I am grieving deep in my spirit.
MLK dreamed of the day we would judge a man by the “content of his character rather than the color of his skin.” We have done the opposite. The nation is so excited to have a Black president that we have forgotten that he has the character of a Chicago thug and friends who do not love this nation. I am grieving deep in my spirit. May God have mercy on us.
I’m thrilled at the optimism of so many whom for many reasons have never been optimistic. While i did not vote for Obama, I wanted to. However, I did not trust him to govern as a moderate and do some from a judeo-Christian perspective. well, so far he has kept his word and has looked less like a politician and more like a great leader we all deserve.
Here’s to a post-racial but not post-Christian America leading the rest of the world. I will be more optimistic if some of the faithless liberal folks can find some faith hanging around some of the throngs of faithful tomorrow. The Democratic Party really is a weird make-up of liberal God-haters and faithful God-lovers.
Well, I didn’t really like either candidate, but I could never have voted for Obama. Imagine if we killed babies in the street instead of in hospitals. Would you vote for a politician who supported that (VERY strongly)?
Also, I have read this article:
http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/2008/11/obamas-interview-with-cathleen.html
Not only was I disappointed in Obama’s understanding of Christianity, I was disappointed in his logic. Sin is acting outside of your own ideals, but Bin Laden is a bad dude? Make sense out of that, I dare you.
I think that once the country stops being romanticized by the vision of Obama that we will be back to where we were. Life is hard. Government isn’t the answer– God not being a respecter of nations, and all.
So, today, When Obama is sworn into office, I’ll be thinking that my hope is in Christ, and I’ll be awfully glad about that.
I will be crying likely. I’ve just been thinking all morning how grand God is. It’s all His plan and I’ve been intentionally focusing to keep my mind on worshipping God during this historic moment in time. Change is here. Obama is president. God’s hand is moving swiftly. It’s just all so exciting, don’t know what else to say… except now the real work starts, and I’m taking that as a directive to myself. The earnest prayer for Obama must continue….my message to the Chief Executive…”God first, Mr. Obama. We love you.”
Mr. Obama’s eloquence is by far one of his most admirable qualities. Second to that I would have to say his love for sports.