Eyes Wide Shut

Well today starts off my second year in seminary and I am excited. The effects of the hurricane (Gustav) are blowing through wetting me up. I am thankful not to have been witness or party to another Katrina episode.

I spoke to an old family friend that is many years my senior. The man knew me as a child and now he is way on up there in age. He informed me that he was not too pleased with the choices for presidential candidate on the democratic side and the republican side.

"I'm just gonna go in the voting both and pray and leave it up to God. That's all any of us can do." I nodded and agreed knowing how wise it is not to discuss politics too readily. "You know that Obama is a Muslim and the evangelist everywhere, I don't know how they all are coming up with it, but they all say that Obama is the forerunner to the Antichrist."

I know that my bottom jaw dropped open and that I batted my eyes slowly closed and open again to make sure that I was awake. Yes, my neighbor is white. It never ceases to amaze me what people will say to me.

"Wouldn't that be something for the first black president to be the Antichrist. I guess even God hates blacks." was my response. He just nodded and agreed knowing that it is not wise to disagree with the consensus. "