He’s My President

Even though I did not cast my ballot for him, President Obama has my respect.

I always got sick of people saying that President Bush was not their president just because they disagreed with him or didn’t vote for him. I have seen such despicable behavior and heard such disrespectful language coming from the mouths of bitter dissenters over the last eight years, and I have long-since vowed never to be so vile toward someone in leadership over me (whether I put them there or not). I will definitely feel free to disagree, but I will never publicly disrespect my freely-elected president.

Many of Obama’s social and political views bother me. So does the fact that almost every celebrity in America endorses him (definitely not a group I put much stock in). It also rubs me wrong when I hear Obama’s name mentioned in some churches with more frequency and excitement than the name of Christ himself. But most of that is pure, unadulterated hype, and when it comes right down to it, President Obama now holds the reins of the greatest nation in history, and no amount of celebrity endorsement or child-sung anthems of allegiance or media anointing will take away the importance of the task before him now.

My prayer is that President Obama seeks Godly wisdom, leads with just and resolute determination, walks in quiet humility, and wakes each day with a deep passion for preserving this country and defending its Judeo-Christian values.

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  • Jon

    Well said! I completely agree with both of your points.

    I hope that he is a successful President.

  • Erik

    I wholeheartedly agree with you Michael. God has ordained this man in the place for a reason whether I agree or not. There is plenty of reverence in that.
    BTW I miss you around here.

  • thegrayfam

    I agree with you too Michael, in fact I agree so much that I wrote a song about Obama…it goes something like this –

    Just kidding, but I’m sure someone has! We should check YouTube for all the random people writing sonnets for the guy!

  • thegrayfam

    HA! I just about died!! I was watching TV, and a commercial for a CD collection of songs all about Obama came on! I cracked up out loud thinking of my latest comment on this post!

  • Dana

    I understand that sentiment following Bush derangement syndrome, but…

    He’s my President, but I hope he fails. If his socialism even has the appearance of success it will be far more apt to stick and plague us for decades. President Obama’s values are anti-Christian, anti-freedom and anti-capitalist. If he succeeds, the America I know fails.

    Disallusionment is a gift, and I pray that America realizes the evil of social relativism and the wickedness of socialism. I pray for God’s hand on America in spite of the President. I pray for President Obama to repent.

    The prejudice of the left is that I’m racist, hateful, etc. I’m not going to spend four years defending myself for alledgedly not keeping values that the left doesn’t keep. Let them think it. I’d rather leave them screaming with their hands over their ears than coming to “consensus”.

    Thankfully the House Republicans are standing against him, and I pray for the spirit of Nathan the Profit on all Republicans to allow the Democrats to fall by themselves. It will bless us all when they do.

  • Michael Gray

    Dana, thanks for the comment.

    As I said, I’m no supporter of most of his policies. All this post is trying to say is that this man has a high level of responsibility and we as citizens should support the office of president and show the man who has been elected respect.

    I guess what I would ask you is this: if President Obama walked into the room, would you stand respectfully, greet him with a handshake, and refer to him as “Mr. President” or would you stay seated and show your opposition to his policies by refusing to show him respect?

    I would absolutely show respect for the man.

  • Dana

    I wouldn’t throw my shoes at him, ask him if he wore boxers or briefs or anything like that. Actually I would be praying intensely and mostly focused on the one thing I could say to him to make him think.

    I would show protocal, but only limited respect. I would gladly have a beer with him to have the opportunity to say some things.

    Regarding protocal and tradition, I think we can learn from the Revolutionary War. The Brittish held to tradition standing in their lines, firing all at once, while we climbed trees and picked them off. Their tradition was foolish, but they stuck to it like religious doctrine.

    The left leverages our tradition against us, which is all you saw from McCain. The debates were filled with McCain wasting his response time finding every possible way to kiss Obama’s butt! He forgot to debate — he was lined up like a Brittish soldier.

    The Proverbs say, “It is a snare to say ‘it is holy’, ‘it is holy’ before inquiring.” I think the right has made some things ‘holy’ that just aren’t, as frankly the left doesn’t care how courteously we treat them.

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