Praying for Obama

"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness." 1 Timothy 2:1-2

If you've followed our blog, you know well that we were McCain/Palin supporters to the end. Sarah even took a day off of work to attend a Sarah Palin rally in New Hampshire. But even with the phone calls, t-shirts, yard signs, and campaigning in general, our presidential choice did not win.

We voted for McCain for many reasons; however, we'll leave them unsaid for now. The nation has chosen it's next president and, as one of our former youth has reminded us, we need to accept that choice, unite as a country, and support him. Obama may not have been our choice, but he is obviously God's.

One of the things we've started to do more of lately is pray. We are keeping a journal of our prayer requests and praises and are praying more fervently than ever before. We are taking things to God now that we would have never considered in the past. One of those things is our new President Elect Barack Hussein Obama.

The Presidential Prayer Team is a great online resource we've found for guidance on praying for our leaders, especially our president. We were delighted to find this website and found it's content a great tool for our prayer journal and our prayers for our country and President Elect Obama.

So yeah, we are a little (okay maybe a lot) disappointed in the election results this week, but we do know that God uses everything for His glory and our country's leadership is no exception. That being said, we also know that there is a lot of healing needed in this country and Obama might be the person to help us do that. Keep him in your prayers.