And the meek shall inherit the earth.

Did anyone else watch the inaugaration of President Obama yesterday? As a Brit I have to say what a spectacle and what an amazing day.  When I was born segregation was still normal in the southern US, the Army were being sent in to protect black children going to previously all white schools, and the KKK and night riders were still a force to be reckoned with.

Today we have an African American President in the White House, a man whose family know the problems of Africa first hand, a man who understands what it is like NOT to be part of the white elite.  I pray that this will bring unity and uunderstanding for all of us, across the world,  and a new step in acceptance and tolerance of racial differences.  However, a note of caution.  I was told the story, hopefully fictional, of an American journalist interviewing people in Mississipi about the election, and at one house the wife opened the door.  When asked how she would be voting she called in to her husband “who we voting for” to which he replied “the n*****”.  Perhaps we have a long way to go still.

I pray that this will lead to a new era for us all, but I also ask God to give Barack Obama a long, safe and successful presidency, to allow his view of the world to prevail.