History in the Making...

Well, Ryan and I only made it up until about 10 o'clock last night watching the numbers for the candidates, but we were excited to watch history in the making! When I was up feeding Matthew around 3 AM and Indiana had still not been called, I felt privileged to have taken part in such a big election! I feel blessed to live in the United States of America! We enjoyed reading other's blogs and Facebook entries regarding their decisions in this election and were torn as to whether to make a post about our own decision. We chose to wait for different reasons, but now that it is over, I have decided to post some ramblings...

The candidate we voted for will not be the next president of the United States. Our decision to vote for him was more a decision not to vote for President-elect Obama. We felt very strongly that his position on abortion and gay marriage were in direct conflict with what the Bible says, and although we know there are issues that we did not agree with Senator McCain on, abortion and gay marriage were huge red flags for us as a married couple with a new baby. Despite our disappointment, we pray that President-elect Obama will have a change of heart and realize the value of an unborn child. We are excited for our nation as many barriers were broken last night and steps were taken in a positive direction for a nation that has a long history of racial division. We will stand united with our new president and will pray for the people who are going to be making decisions that will undoubtedly change our nation! A man who is much wiser than either of us, Pastor John Piper, said it so eloquently in this video, "We are not on this earth to advocate for any political party but to advocate for Christ." Ryan and I will continue to pledge our allegiance to Christ and watch as He continues to be our ultimate Commander in Chief.

We have taken the comments link off for this post because we did not want this to become a political forum. You can use your own blog for that! Now, back to the cute pictures of our little guy!