Love this.

Oh, why, hello there.

Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. In a few weeks, Happy Valentine's Day.

(Goes without saying, haven't had much spare time for blogging these days.)

But holy cow, President Obama was inaugurated for the second time yesterday. Big deal. And since the last inauguration, I now have two siblings who live in D.C. and have been able to partake in the festivities in person - ceremony and prayer services and balls and all. Jealous!

So, two things to say about this momentous occasion.

Michelle Obama is one hot, classy lady. Yes. She. Is. I have such a girl crush on her.

And, secondly, I love this article.

Seriously, this author hits the nail on the head.

I loved this especially:

If Barack Obama says he is a Christian, if he confesses his faith in Christ, that's where the conversation ends. The same is true for George W. Bush, or Franklin D. Roosevelt, or even Mark Driscoll. There is a difference between saying to someone "my understanding of Christian faith is different from yours on this issue" and saying "we don't believe the same thing, so you must not be a Christian." I often disagreed with George W. Bush's actions, and struggled to reconcile them with my understanding of Christian faith, but I refused to speculate on the sincerity of his faith. That's not my place. And I've had it done far too often in my life to turn around and do it to others.

Here's the thing - it's not a secret if you read my blog that I was rooting for Obama, and thrilled when he was re-elected. But candidate preferences aside, one thing I reallllly struggle with is when people who don't support him, his policies, what have you, turn their dislike into an attack on his faith. I struggle with this, as the author writes, primarily because I think that a person's faith is between that individual and God, and it isn't either our right or place to judge the "validity" of this faith. But I also struggle with this because I am driven by my own faith when deciding who I will vote for, and it isn't something I take lightly. References that indicate that Obama "can't" be a Christian because of particular policy decisions inherently hint at the fact that I also cannot support Obama and be a Christ follower.

Check out the article. Cause regardless of who you cast your vote for, it's a legit read.