American

It was a privilege this year to practice our duty as American citizens and vote for our next President. We tried our best to keep up on each candidate and work to be the best informed about each man that we could, not worrying about which party we belonged to. We wanted to be informed voters so that we could completely say that we supported one man against the other. And I would say that we did a good job of that by watching two of the three debates, keeping up in newspapers and even from some websites. We also took into account others opinions who we look highly upon to make our final decision as to who we would vote for.
I think more of our vote was for the moral stands that our choice declared and yes that candidate was McCain. However, because our choice for President did not win we will still hold pride in our country for how far we have come, regardless of the differences. And as Christ followers we are called to pray for our nations continuously as 1 Timothy 2:1-4 states.

"I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. This is good and pleases God our Savior,who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth."

This is our prayer and we hope you to will remember this no matter who your choice for President was.

God is good, he is sovereign and has provided. He is in control above all powers and authority. And the beauty of it is He always will be!

So our congratulations goes out to Barack Obama and his family.
Our prayers are with you!

(If you were wondering what a prayer for our nations leaders might look like, check out this great blog post from Ed Noble here.)