Change is here… sort of.
Posted by Rod Hamilton on Jan 24, 2009
We’ve heard the promise of change now for months, and in the first week of Barak Obama’s presidency we have seen some change already. I’m sure that I’ll see lots of change, much of it for the good, and likely, much of it for the worse. But the first big change is, well, for the worse.
Earlier this week President Obama reversed the ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions. This ban has gone back and forth through a few presidents, but when this becomes one of the very first issues addressed by a new president, you just have to wonder what sort of change we’re in for. There’s a lot at stake over these next four years and Americans, even Christian ones, need to take notice of what’s going on.
If you can’t be offended over the fact our country is funding abortions anywhere, at least be offended over the fact that even as the president said “The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act...” during his inaugural address, the first act of this presidency is to send American taxpayer dollars overseas to fund what many Americans find revolting.
You can see that change is coming when you read through the transcripts, after the moment over the historical inauguration is over, of the president’s inaugural address and read phrases like we will “restore science to its rightful place.” It’s debatable what that place is, but I have a pretty good idea it won’t be good for the unborn.
Now more than ever we need to pray for our leaders, and I would say, particularly for President Obama, and our country. Father not my will, but Thy will be done.