You'd cry too

It was reported this week that after the election, our President cried. Why is that news?

The current speaker of the House, John Boehner, has been crying for 4 years. Other world leaders have been shown crying in recent years.

It shouldn't be news if a leader cries. It shows that they are human.

It IS news when you learn the real reasons WHY a leader is crying.

Consider the last 4 years for our President. He came into to office the first time on a wave supported by the word "change." He was the first black President in our history (an amazing thing that I believe is a good thing in our country). He gave away trillions of dollars. He had at least 3 big reasons NOT to cry.

Over the last 4 years, change hasn't happened in many ways. Unemployment is still very high. People still don't have health insurance. The economy overall is still weak.

However, some things have changed. The debt we owe has grown exponentially. The deficit budgets we've lived under have exploded.

In spite of giving away tons of money, the BIG CHANGE has been in making things WORSE.

So why is the President crying? He's crying because now that a sleeping country decided his plans were good ones and re-elected him, he's actually facing BIG trouble. He's crying because he realizes he can't give away any more money - UNLESS - he taxes the snot out of the rich. Or maybe he's crying because he realizes his original redistribution plan is going to work! It will work that is unless the other crying leader, Boehner, stands up to him and says lets REALLY get this thing under control.

If real change doesn't occur very, very soon. It won't be just our leaders who are crying. The recent relief at the pump will go away, and then some. The ability to get a job will only be possible in another country. The people that we owe money to (i.e. foreign governments) will take us over. The greatest country on earth will become a distant memory in terms of strength and leadership.

With all of that to look forward to, what do we do? I'll tell you what I'm doing. Steadily I'm saving my money and working to pay off the debt I have. I want to be in a position where any financial disaster in our government has minimal impact on my family. I'm also clinging to my God. He is the one who allows men to be in power in the first place. None of this is beyond His control. If He counts hairs on heads and knows when sparrows fall, He certainly knows when a nation will collapse.

Join the President and cry if you must, but be assured that "We know that in all things God work for the good of those that love him." Romans 8:28