One last thought......

....then it is really time to give this up.

Obama talks about change, but his plans seem rather naive. To me, his refrain is reminiscent of Bob the Builder (Can we fix it? Yes we can!)
It only remains to be seen how this change will actually work.
I don't take quite as pessimistic a view as one of my friends here, who texted me as soon as the results were in: "Goodbye American dream..... Hello European socialism." Simply because Obama was elected does not mean America is going to become Russia overnight. I also tend to frown on insinuations that Obama is the anti-christ.

(Just for the record, I voted for McCain, however, I am not so polarized for him that I thought he was America's only hope and Obama was the ultimate embodiment of evil. Both candidates disgusted me with their political pandering to their parties, publicity stunts, and concern for image over issues.)

And lastly......Mennonites. Here at Hesston College, a liberal Mennonite college, the sentiment is overwhelmingly for Obama. This has a lot to do with his plans for getting out of Iraq (Mennonites being pacifists and all). If you even mention other issues in the campaign....take abortion, for example,....you can get attacked pretty quickly. I don't know how many times I've heard the standard Mennonite response to the abortion issue: "Well, the number of deaths of Iraqi innocents and soldiers as well as US soldiers far outweighs the number of abortions that have taken place within the last year. Something to consider as opposed to voting on a single issue." This statement seems kind of hypocritical to me, but whatever. (If anybody reading this is Mennonite, I apologize. I don't mean to stereotype you or anything like that. This is just what I've encountered here.)

No matter how you feel about the election, we have made history. We have a new president, and he has a lot of work ahead of him. He has to deal with a national recession, put together a timetable for Iraq, decide what we are going to do about Afganistan, and deal with the energy crisis and a wide variety of other problems. What Obama and our nation need right now is prayer.