Today is an historical day for the country I live in. Another political term has started and though we don't have a change of leadership nevertheless there is a great big party over in D.C. today.
Two time zones away, over 2,000 miles away there isn't much of party of going on here. I actually even didn't fully realize till checking the morning the paper what was going on today.
Pretty much it has been an ordinary morning. Silent breakfasts, because conversation is for the alert and awake people. Coffee and a little bit more coffee. Get ready, make phone calls, make a web order, nothing terribly exciting to celebrate this day.
The inauguration was not on my mind. Life was on my mind and though this day will probably impact my life in ways I have yet to know I didn't feel the need to just stop and absorb the day.
Until prayer time. Mondays is always the day of sharing of requests and then interceding before the throne on one anothers' behalf. Its a beautiful day of shared burdens and the freedom of going before the throne of grace.
There I was in a small circle of chairs and staring down at a list of requests and tribulations written in black ink and then I saw the time. Miles away at that very moment a man had placed his hand on a Bible to swear an oath to lead our country. Millions watched, but the three of us closed our eyes tight and talked to a God who is, sovereign, good, all knowing, and faithful. A God who called us too respect our leaders. A God who wants us to recognize the fact he is control of our country.
Maybe its a slightly different memory of today, but its one I'm not likely soon to forget. Today was just a Monday, but no Monday is ordinary in the least with this Monday being no exception. I'm not going to the elegant ball tonight, but I'm going to the Marriage supper of the Lamb some day. And that's why this day was one that could be smiled upon.
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