Random thoughts about today's events

1. I have a lot of opinions about political things. Most of them I will choose to keep to myself, because that's not what this blog is about.

2. One thing that I cannot keep to myself is this: Even though President O. was not my choice, he is now my President. I will pray for him and his administration because I believe that God is in control and I love this country too much not to.

3. I think it is comical how much pressure was put on Mrs. O and her choice of clothing for today (and for the rest of her life). (For the record, I loved her dress)

4. I (obviously) do not know the family personally, but I am consistently impressed with their public face-- the girls seem to be so respectful and kind, and adorable! I will also pray for them as their Dad's new job will forever alter their life and upbringing.

4. I watched a lot of NBC's coverage of today's events and my favorite moment, by far, was when Al R0ker desperately tried to get an "interview" with the new President. It was hysterical--- and the banter between R0ker and Br1an W1lliams was priceless. Thanks for the laughs, guys.

5. I was sad to hear of T. Kennedy's medical emergency during the luncheon. Sounds like he is doing better now, thankfully.

6. I hope that GW Bush breathes in the fresh Texas air tonight and gets the best night's sleep he has had in 8 years. He deserves it.

And here, because I can't help myself, are a few actual quotes from the founders of our country:


"I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth--that God Governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?" Benjamin Franklin


"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here."Patrick Henry


"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever." Thomas Jefferson


"We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us."Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation


Let's go back to our roots.


But even if we don't, Christ is still on the throne. And He's the only one that can change your life.