History? Indeed it is.

Today, in just a few minutes from now, the United States of America will watch the changing of power in the one of the greatest offices held by a single person in the world.

Many years ago, when the Federalist party representative John Adams was voted out of the office of the presidency after one term, he was so bitter and angry that he left Washington in the dark of the night. Thomas Jefferson, one of his beloved friends yet arch enemy, was the first president sworn in on location in Washington. He walked over to the partially finished Capital Building to deliver his inauguration speech.

Since then, while the transfer of power may not always have been so easy on the inside, publicly, the transition has been celebrated. Parades, speeches, hundreds of thousands of people witnessing the power shift live, and millions more on television, have made inauguration day a special day.

While some President-elects have been more popular to the media than others, none since John F. Kennedy have commanded such a celebration as the one that will be held today for Barack Obama, Senator from Illinois. Oh, and by the way, its not only because he's the first African American to be elected to that position.

Sure, its historic for that reason. Americans, for the most part, have gotten over the idea that it has to be run by one race of people. The guy won the popular vote and the Electoral college, so he won fair and square. Did he tell some lies on his way to the White House, sure. But you tell me one President who didn't tell lies on his way to office.

I think the history in the making far surpasses just the racial aspect. This is a shift in power from the Baby Boomer generation to Generation "X", or the Baby Bust Generation. While the Baby Boomer's still make up a strong part of our country, they no longer hold the power of the office of Presidency. With the beginning of Generation X'ers starting with those born in 1961 going through 1981, President-Elect Obama fits the bill, and also, so do I.

This means people my age have a new voice in the Presidency. While I may not agree with everything Obama has promised to do, there are a lot of people who find hope in what he offers. I would, indeed, love cheaper health insurance, lower taxes, and to be able to help the poor. But, can he make these things happen? Only time will tell.

I do know this -- Barack Obama will fail if we don't get behind him and support him. There were a lot of things George Bush did for which we the American people seemingly gave up on him. As Christians, we have an obligation to submit to the rulers of the land, and also to pray for them.

You can complain all you want, but he's here to stay for at least 4 years. Get used to it. Pray for him and our country that we take things in the right direction. When have you ever known complaining for four years to make anything better? No, Obama is not our Savior or Messiah as the media may proclaim, but he hasn't had one day in office, and so many are already ready to dismiss him as a horrible president.

And for the record, any of you who are reading this who hang out with me on a daily, semi daily, weekly, semi-weekly, monthly, semi-monthly, yearly or semi-yearly basis...can the racist jokes and talk. I don't want to hear it, there is no place for it on my ears or my in my heart. They are not funny. Besides, I don't see any of you in the White House.

May God bless Obama and the next 4 years. May we get behind him and support him and encourage him when he takes in the right direction, and pray for him when he takes our country in the wrong direction that God will lead him. May his wife and children be blessed through this time, that they will be examples to those who are so diligently looking toward them for hope.