Today's Bible verse is Isaiah 45:18 and it ends by him saying "I am the Lord and there is no other." It reminds me of a sticker I used to have on the refrigerator that said something like "Our God is an awesome God." My stepson asked what it meant since it seemed to imply there is another god and there is only one God. I am glad that there is only one Lord. I am so very glad that I know Him and that He loves me. I watched as much of the inauguration festivities as I could on my computer at work in between taking care of patients. The thing that really bothered me was the huge crowds of people (2 million?) so large that they could be seen and photographed from outer space, and they were there to celebrate and honor and praise a man named Barack Obama. More than once the crowd began chanting "Obama,Obama, Obama" over and over. They were waving banners proclaiming that their hope is in Obama. Now I know that a lot was because he is the first African American president and I do believe it is time for us to have a president of color. A lot was because he is a Democrat and many are glad to be done with the Bush era. Many were just excited to be there taking part in history. But still it was sad and frightening to me. When your hope is in a man, you will be disappointed. Some say he has a "rock star persona". He is a very charismatic speaker, nobody can deny that. But in spite of all that, he is still a man and still fallible. And he is not the Lord. My prayers are with him and our government and our country. My respect is for his office as president. BUT Jesus is my Lord and my hope is in Him and Him alone.
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Amen! Someone said yesterday that it was like the media (and everyone else) was worshiping President Obama. Yes, we need to respect him, but our worship needs to be for God and God alone.
Linda, I couldn't agree more. It scared me to see all the people, both in DC and at work... in "worship" mode towards Mr Obama.
As stated, we need to pray for our leaders - it's something I will definitely be doing!
It gave me an uncomfortable feeling watching so much praise of a man. With all the expetations thay have that this man will -save- them is a false hope. The lord tells us in psalms 118:8 "To put not your conficence in man, but trust the Lord" A lot of christians have president obama lifted up also, and that scares me. Some people think he is the anti christ- i don't, but it sure shows me how a anti christ or a dictator can come into power. Yikes!! Dee
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