History in the Making

Days like this bring a history teacher much joy. I have been looking forward to this day since November. It is not often that we get to watch "positive" history in the making. Normally we don't realize the good things that become history until many years later. We only dwell and think about the bad things that shape are world and who we are as a united country.

Forty-five years ago one of the greatest figures in modern history gave an astonishing speech that still lives on today. As he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial looking across the lake toward the Washington Monument, he spoke of visions that our founders had. The visions that perhaps the country's greatest President, had nearly 100 years before.

His vision was that his children would be judged by there character, that they would join hands with children of all races in unity. I can't help but to wonder if in his vision he could have ever imagined two little black girls living among the walls of the greatest house in the nation.

He hoped that God would help our great nation see past color and see the man or woman that lived beneath the skin. Just as Jesus looked beyond race during his life, and had compassion and acceptance, he hoped the same for the nation he loved so much.

It was not just whites who fought and died to protect this country, to protect our freedom. It only makes since, it should not just be whites to lead us either.

I believe now that we can truly become the great nation that God has planned for us. We had to first see man as man, not as black, white, Mexican, or Asian. In order to truly value human life, we had to decide what humanity really is. Now that we have reached this point, we need to decide when a life deserve that value. Hopefully with America's new eyes we can see that a child even when it is first conceived deserves that same freedom that has been spoken about for so long.

As I end this post I would like to quote Dr King:

"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation."

God Bless each of you and God Bless President Obama and his family on this day of history.