To all who forwarded me the email about Obama being sworn in with the Koran …May you be forced to carry a bigger Bible than Lincoln’s every week to church.

To all who forwarded me the email about Obama being sworn in with the Koran …May you be forced to carry a bigger Bible than Lincoln’s every week to church.

Hey, this post is about calling us as followers of Christ to be centered on love.  To some that sentence sounds diluted and compromised.  So in plain words this is what I am saying:  We do not demonstrate our love for Christ by hating others.  This includes those who appear to be disobedient to our Savior’s teachings.  But let us be humble, for many times, it is us who are disobedient as well.

In less than a week since President Obama was sworn in office, I received several emails and comments of what he had already overturned.  None were true.  First, let us remember that many of us are Christians, first, all else, second.  Further, for those of us who claim to be truthful, let us be be more diligent about pursuing the truth before pressing “Forward” or speaking out loud. 

Lastly, though it may surprise some, I did not vote for President Obama (so this should not be interpretted as rubbing it in), but I respect him for many reasons.  I am inspired that an African American is the President.  It not only means so much to all minorities, but it means so much to non-minorities as well.  I appreciate many of his positions and disagree with a few and am skeptical about some others, however, this always been true of everyone I’ve seen occupy such a seat.  Regardless, I am, as I always have been, proud to be an American.  May God give us all wisdom, courage and grace.  The Lord is my judge, yours too, may He continue to give us mercy.