Too Good To Be True

I generally abide by the axiom that if it’s too good to be true then it probably is. Barack Obama is proving to be the exception. Elected to essentially save our country from the gross ineptitude and chicanery of the current and past administrations, Obama shows no sign of not being up to the task. Just as his election itself was historic, his transition team and emerging Cabinet are also on an epic track. I have every confidence that in four years from now even his most strident opponents will have to admit that Obama is akin to an American messiah.

That this analogy may offend some is certainly nothing new. Rigid parochial thinking allows for one and only one messiah who meets the institutionalized prerequisites. It’s no different than it was two-thousand years ago when Jesus’ “messiahship” was questioned by the establishment. The itinerant preacher from Nazareth certainly didn’t meet orthodox expectations, but the miracle of the Christ is that it transcends human reasoning. Likewise, while I know that many “experts” will dismiss the notion that a messiah could or would follow Obama’s path to the White House, I am prepared to confess that the Higher Power which relates to humankind through the Christ works in mysterious and wondrous ways. I won’t be surprised if, two-thousand years from now, there won’t be a mythological telling of a star that shone brightly in the East to announce the birth of a Savior.