Today History is Made

Today a new president has taken office. In being our first black president, Barack Obama makes history.

I am watching a special on him and today's events right now. And something hit me. Today really IS a very special and very important day to sooo many people. Throughout the whole election process, I always got somewhat annoyed when people talked about "history being made" if he was voted, and I was frustrated when black people were interviewed over and over explaining how important this all was. I thought, "Oh, all these people are just voting for him because he's black which is stupid because it would be wrong if I did that as a white person." But I realized something as I was watching the special tonight. (First, let me mention that I know not all of these people voted for him simply because of his skin color). BUT I do think there are plenty of black people that voted for Obama partly because of his skin, and I realized tonight that that's fair. I have NO clue what it's like to be in the minority. I have been so blessed to live in the most wealthy nation and to be born as the dominant race in this most wealthy country. Even though I was still unborn at the time, it was really not that long ago when black people were fighting for their rights and being so wrongly treated. I put myself in their shoes tonight and realized if I had a history... many, many family members... who had been treated in this way, I would see today as the most important day in history. I have no idea what the next four years will bring, but I can honestly say that I am thankful to live in a country where people are slowly learning to look beyond race. And I am happy for what this means to so, so many of my black brothers and sisters today.

I know God called us to live beyond the color of our skin, and I'm sad that something so silly as our color has caused so much hatred.