Catch Up

Well, it's been a while since I last posted. A lot has happened including the inauguration. I watched the inauguration with an interesting complex array of feelings. I was very concerned as a moderate conservative about what this presidency would mean in terms of policies and perspectives. While I don't think Obama's prsidency necessarily heralds the apocalypse, it definitely can have an impact on issues I care deeply about. I also watched the inauguration as an African American female and I could not help but be rendered speechless by the surreal experience of seeing an African American family installed in the white house. Of course what can you say about Sascha and Malina. Given that they are similiar in age to my own two 'African Princesses", I am deeply affected by all that they represent. Then there is Michelle. Let the record show that this is one bad 'sistah'.

Since the inaguration I have been alarmed that one of the first decisions of his presidency extended the possibility of abortion masquerading as women's health around the globe. I am astounded at the stimulus bill that my grandchildren will have to pay for and the fact that it appears to be a longitudinal funding of a wide plethora of liberal agendas that will do little if any to increase my standard of living or improve the ability of my husband and myself to provide for our family.

Since the inaguration I have also been pleased as punch by the keen inteligence and polished style of the Obama's. I have enjoyed watching them combine their 'blackness' with their political acumen. I have read a large part of Obama's story about his development and felt such a strong sense of kinship while still being amazed at the turbulent process of his identity development. I have shed tears at the Black History Month celebrations I have attended which chronicled our journey from Africa to the White House with pitstops in the Jim Crow South along the way.

As you can tell , this time has been an emotional upheaval that has caused me to consider and reconsider who I am and what I believe on every level. My faith in my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, persists as does my reliance on the Word of God as a manaual for how to live my life. I now am involved in studying to see what this present time means in light of Biblical prophesy. Of course there are those who will now groan and wonder :Why does everything have to be about the Bible". To which I respond everything is about the bible, we just have to accept the challenge to discover what they Bible says about our current life situations. Some, including memebers of my own family, have alluded to Obama's presidency as the answer to prayers. Well the children of Israel got Saul for their king after begging God for him but it did not turn out to be the best thing for them.

So I don't offer a resolution to this issue but I do invite you to keep exploring along with me.