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Friday, February 11, 2011

Not by Might, Not by Power, but By My Spirit

Hallelujah! I feel like I did when Berlin Wall fell and when Mandela was elected and when Marcos left. As a wave of commentators claim credit for their particular American who "led the way" to this, we must never forget that this has happened in spite of American aims and purposes. In marked contrast to the trillions of dollars and thousands of dead in the streets of Iraq, this was a revolution of the people and by the people of Egypt and it happened with virtually no violence. This was an internal change at the heart of the Arab Muslim world that we had virtually nothing to do with. This is a time to honor and revere the human spirit and the God-given desire that overcomes all powers and principalities.
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