Historic Day

In about an hour from now Barack Obama will be taking the oath of office for President of the United States of America. Wow. Whether you agree with his political views or not, you have to say...Wow. It IS an historic day.

When I was 18 I read My Life With Martin Luther King by his wife Coretta. And I was captured by his vision that men would "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character". And then, many years later, preaching through Ephesians, I realized that this is God's vision. Racial reconcilation is inherent in the gospel! See Eph.2:8-17.

This is something we can tell stories about years from now: I saw the first African American sworn in as president. Wow!