Obama, prayer for a president

"The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act," Obama said in his July speech to abortion advocates worried about the increase of pro-life legislation at the state level.I wonder if Obama has given a lot of thought about the choice the unborn have? Do they get to choose? Do they get to decide if they are born or butchered? Is his stance merely a political positioning aimed at fence sitting cenrality?

In a recent Time magazine article:"Obama dodged the question of when a human being deserves rights."Whether you're looking at it from a theological or a scientific one, answering that question with specificity is above my pay grade,"he said. He affirmed his moral dimensions on the issue: his willingness to limit late-term abortions, provided there is an exception if a woman's health is at risk; and he talked about finding the resources to help women who choose to keep their baby, and about trying to reduce the need for abortions in the first place. It reflected the careful effort Obama has made to reach out to the ambivalent middle, who don't like abortion but also don't want doctors and patients being prosecuted for performing or having them."

Obama will have to grapple with this issue if it comes home to roost personally with one of his own daughters. I cannot imagine this father telling his girls, unless their lives are endangered, to abort as a form or ridding themselves of an unwanted pregnancy. My prayer for this new president as he takes office is that he thinks seriously of taking leadership to promote to the public other options besides killing the unborn. My hope is that he will choose life. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Marched on behalf of those who did not have a voice. Will this president stand up and give a voice to innocent children?

he first family is now looking for a place to worship in Washington,D.C. Obama state that "Now, I didn't grow up in a particularly religious household. But my experience in Chicago showed me how faith and values could be an anchor in my life," he said. "And in time, I came to see my faith as being both a personal commitment to Christ and a commitment to my community -- that while I could sit in church and pray all I want, I wouldn't be fulfilling God's will unless I went out and did the Lord's work." I pray that Obama will see this issue as part of the Lord's work.