Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself...

I was making a late-night trip last week up to the store for diapers, toothpaste- all the glamorous things we are always running out of, and happened to catch the tail-end of a Christian talk radio program about raising children in today's society. The host closed his show with a prayer that had been read in the Kansas House back in 1996, and it was one of those moments where I wish I could have rewound (sp?) the radio. Everything he was saying is how I am feeling about America at the moment- and wishing that, for my kids' sake, will change some day. (Ahhhhhhh, did I just say, "Change"?!? ) I was Googling today, and remembered that I had wanted to look it up to see if I could find it and sure enough- it popped right up. After reading it, I realize the lines I liked the best were:...

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery; We have neglected the needy and called it self preservation; We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare; ...We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem; We have abused power and called it political savvy; We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition; We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression; ...

Miss O knew how strongly Jason and I felt about John McCain, it was almost like in the movie Stepmom were the little boys tell Susan Sarandon about Julie Roberts character: "Mommy, if you want me to hate her I will." So when last Wednesday morning came and we told her the results of the election, I then had to turn around and explain to her that even though I am not fond of Sen. Obama, it is our job to say prayers for him: to keep him safe and hope that he will make the right choices for our country. She got it, of course. That prayer just hit so close to home after the election, but as the end of it reads:

Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here... Grant them your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us to the center of Your Will...

I just hope that happens.