Election is over...now what.

We have a new President. I thought both Barrack Obama and John McCain gave beautiful speeches last night. I was very upset and disappointed in the crowd at McCain's speech. Very low and not classy at all. But John was a true American. I hope all those that supported him will do as he asked - and support the new president in building up this country and bringing it back to the glory and and beauty it deserves to be. We have absolutely nothing to complain about over the next 4 years if we refuse to do our part in making things better.

I hope and pray that President-Elect Obama will keep his promises and truly make this the UNITED States of America and not have division in the Government. Now that the Democrats have control of the House and Senate and now the White House --- they have NO ONE to blame if things do not get done. I better see progress over the next 4 years.

I am not one of those people that called Obama evil. Or thought our country was doomed with him being President. But I still stand on the thought that he was one of the most liberal Senators as far as voting. And I wanted change in Washington. Let's hope that he will truly be bi-partisan - unlike Bush who said he would be, and then was anything but. Don't get me wrong - I think Bush did try hard to do what he felt was right - but he made mistakes and never admitted to them and that always bothered me.

Calif. Prop. 8 looks like it will pass - close still - so we will have to wait and see. Arizona and Florida passed marriage between a man and women only. It is great to see that --- and hopefully people understand that these measures do not take away the rights of anyone. We can and should never discriminate against anyone. But marriage is and should always be defined as a man and woman - it is the way God intended.

I have always wondered how people can argue against that. God did not make ADAM and ADAM or EVE and EVE in the Garden - nor did he write a man should leave his mother and father and cleave until another man. I will not and cannot argue or explain why people feel that attraction - and I do not deny that they do. But people want to have sex before they are married - they have that urge and desire - but that does not make it right in the eyes of the Lord. And those that are gay are not horrible people or evil or less than. I have great respect for those that feel that way that I know. It is not about them personally. But I have to answer to my Lord - and He will ask if I stood up for His teachings. Did I stay true to what I believed? And at the same time - was I Christlike in my interaction with ALL that I come in contact with?

You can disagree and still not be a bigot or hateful. You can stand up for your views without putting down another's. You can believe in the Bible and what the Lord says - and not be a right-wing hater. I just wish those that do not agree with me could see that.

Yes, it will be very interesting to see where this country is headed. Where the economy, and if our safety in this country changes. I guess we have been told many times that those that are prepared need not fear. So we get prepared for anything and see how things go.

I feel so blessed to live in this country that allows us the freedom to vote and have our voices heard. May God Bless this Country and each of us as we face these challenges that are ahead of us.