I can't stop the tears. At precisely 11:00PM EST I started crying. I went to bed, slept so great, woke up and turned on NBC. The waterworks started again.
I can't help it - it was history - real and true, forever remembered, history.
And we were a part of it. From a cold day back in February when the boys and I stood in line for two hours to hear him speak at Youngstown State University; to the Town Hall meeting I attended in August (thanks to our Mayor who knows him personally); even to the bonding my husband and I had over our disdain for Sarah Palin - in our small way, we all were a part of history.
I also can't stop praying. I pray there isn't another Lee Harvey Oswald just waiting for his moment in history. I pray that this isn't the catalyst for another 9/11 - America with their guard down - vulnerable.
I pray for his family - his beautiful little girls and his strong and intelligent wife.
May God keep them all, and us. "We" can do all things through HIM who gives us strength - Phil. 4:13
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I found this letter to be particularly moving and appropriate. Thought you might appreciate this too...as a Christian, who also supports Obama.
Dear President-Elect Obama,
Today I shed tears of joy, along with hundreds of thousands of Americans, for the great victory of your election. The significance of this moment cannot be overstated. Our African-American friends have been oppressed and cast aside for generations in this country of ours. Now, may the shame be completely wiped away and may the glory that this nation represents and strives for become a reality for more and more of our once silenced citizens.
I confess I did not cast my vote for you. Not because you failed to inspire me with your speeches, because you did. Not because you do not impress me with your leadership and vision, because you do. I cast my vote for another based upon my concern for another segment of our society which is downtrodden and cast aside, the weak, the innocent; the unborn.
Mr. President-Elect, I pray that your heart would be burdened as well to do all in your power to encourage the life that is even now forming in many to come to fruition, to share in this great moment in our nation’s history. We all know the times are difficult and no one will escape the trials at hand. Just as this is true, so is the gift and privilege we have to live it. May the millions of unborn get this chance as well. May the virtue of responsibility reign as mothers choose to carry the fruit of their wombs to term, to give the gift of life to another. I ask, President Obama, that you would prayerfully consider your pay grade since indeed it has now risen at this moment in our history. May you be the champion of all those who are weak yet share the same right to life.
May God bless you and your beautiful family.
I too think the best man has won. I just hope that those few who are harbouring the 1950 and 1960's mentality of oppressing the African American people will wake up to this fact. Now if only he has chosen Hillary as a running mate.......awesome!!
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