At A Boy

So I wake up, still very groggy from the hydrocodone that hasn't left my system and I go grab a chocolate pudding, a glass of milk and I sit on my parents bed and start flipping through the news stations. While flipping through, I catch a quote from two women that are talking about Barack Obama and the one goes, "In his speech today, he really portrayed himself as someone that is everything to everyone." 

Did you catch that? 

No really. Read it again. Because that statement is one of the saddest things I have ever heard. Okay, we all have our understanding of politicians. These opinions put them somewhere relatively low on the ladder of popularity, kinda near a used cars salesmen. Of course there comes the point in which Americans must vote and determine who to put into the Presidency. No easy task. Politician is still a politician. But there is a difference here. Barack Obama is continuing his show, his facade if you will, as everyone's main guy. He's still playing this popularity game that politicians play, quite frankly though, he needed to stop once he was elected. He is in office with a Democratic congress backing him. There is no reason for this to continue on.

But this is where the huge realization came to me. George Freaking W. Bush never gave in. That guy, (whether you like him or not) always flew his true colors with America. He never dished out fancy rhetoric and inspiring speeches, (honestly I don't think he could if he had tried, it's just not him) but he always did act upon what he found to be best for America. Bush continued to do what he found best for America whether his approval ratings were 80% or 8%. 

Mark 13:13 says, "All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved." 

To those who know my past, many of you know my passion for politics. I think I'm shifting though and that I understand now that Christianity isn't politics and that Jesus wasn't a politician. I just know if that is the route that I'm meant to go down, I will be carrying my Christian spirituality with me because it is that important to me. So I guess this post was to try and shed some light on what we know about George Bush and give him some credit for his faith and how he served this country. None of us will ever know his heart completely or what he really believes until we are standing in heaven one day. I hope this showed some of the contrast between the two leaders, I'm not saying one is right or wrong. God says he puts the leaders of this world into power. I just hope that as we all continue to grow in our faith that we are able to stand strong in what we believe in and really exemplify a Christ like heart :]