I’ll be upfront with all of my cards. I am a registered Republican. I did not vote for President Obama. However, I don’t always vote the party line either.  For lack of better words, I am extremely “religious” (I hate the word religious). To me, being religious means bowing, kneeling, ceremonial junk, stuff like that. I’m nothing like that. I am as right wing as possible. I am FAR more conservative than most “conservative” talk show hosts. That should make it clear where my perspective is coming from. I have no hidden agenda, okay?

Keep reading, It’s okay, really. I’m not about to bash the man. I may even surprise you!

We as a nation voted this man into office. As of yesterday Barack Obama is the president of our great nation for at least the next four years. We should treat him with the respect that the office of President deserves. Just because I didn’t vote for him does not mean he is not my president. Give me a break! If you are an American, he IS your president! The Bible clearly teaches that every follower of Christ should spend time praying for their leaders. That includes everyone that has any authority over you. Our governmental leaders need our support and prayer. We need to honor him as our president and give him due respect.

On the other side of the coin, Barack is NOT the messiah! I deliberately only saw small portions of the inauguration yesterday. I knew what I would see. Throngs of people practically worshiping a man! If that isn’t a scary sight to see I don’t know what is. I half expected to see a giant golden Obama statue in the middle of it all; the servants casting their praise and offerings. I would rather have seen the money spent on the inauguration go toward the national debt.

The press has been fawning over the man since he threw his hat in the ring to run for President. I’m not looking for anything bad, I just want to feel like our media is unbiased. And our general populace seems to be hypnotized by his presence. Gushing, gushing, gushing. It seems to be nearly everyone’s reaction.

I understand he is our first African American president and I agree that that is a big deal. I just can’t help but to feel like most everyone is putting this man on a very tall pedestal. I hope for his sake, he can handle the pressure. And I hope for all our sakes that we don’t blindly follow any man.

Choose as you will. That is your God given (and American) right to exercise your free will. I’ll stick to keeping God first, not any man.