America-United at Last

Moments ago, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th and FIRST Black President of the United States of America.

"A hand raised, a nation lifted" is the caption on CNN.

Fitting.

My heart is so full it is hard to coherently place my thoughts together. First of all, God has moved. He has moved across a nation, across color lines, across hearts...across and through every barrier that ever presented itself.

This is a day that no person of any race ever thought would arrive. We hoped. In the back our minds, we hoped that one day something like this would happen-but all of us never thought we would live to see the day.

Today, as my heart is full...I thank every single person who fought to make this day possible. Every slave that got whipped without reprieve, without condolence, without justice-your wounds have been busted open today and the pain and hurt has been pushed away by victory.

For every person denied any human right because of the color of their skin, that hate today is pushed out by love. By hope. By the faith that you counted on and now you can SEE.

For everyone who has ever had a dream deemed impossible, today-you should feel unstoppable. You should feel like you have been set free to do whatever it is that you are supposed to do knowing that if it is your time, your place, your THING-God will move in an amazing way and make the impossible POSSIBLE and REAL.

The responsibility of being President is the most important job in this country...but we now stand up for a leader who looks us back firmly in the eyes and says that we are just as important. That showed us that every vote counts, every life matters, every prayer lifted him to where he is and looks back and says THANK YOU.

Behind him we stand strong. We stand confidently and dare any enemy to attack our UNITED STATES. We trust him to do what is almost impossible and he gained that trust from simply giving us hope. Showing us progress. And handing out faith by action and hope by love. Change is such a simple word, but it means more today than any words could ever give it justice.

Today I don't want to be just African American, I'm not just proud because I'm in the Democratic party...I am an American. I am an American that stood with my American brothers and sisters and demanded change, jumped head-first into progress, jump-started my faith into action and God has answered.

The 44th President has UNITED these states of America and the state OF America. And as he starts on this journey that shows no sign of being easy, even possible at all...I'm not worried. He has already done what we thought was the impossible once. And I am confident he will do it over and over again.

For anybody that needed for God to show himself, He has done it for you. And if you don't see him-then it's a YOU issue, not God's issue.

Thank you God for your grace, your continued mercy, and your eternal love.

Praise God.

We are lifted.

We are United.

At last.