Barack's our New President...

I just finished listening to President Obama being sworn into the presidency. I'm not the type to really get caught up in politics so I won't say much, except that his speech was very eloquent, but I've always thought that (still doesn't change how I feel about him). I will show him respect, because he is now our president and deserves our respect, whether you agree with him or not. I didn't get to watch the invocation, but I did see the benediction and it was very interesting to say the least. It made me so happy to be a member of the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where I get teary eyed when my little two-year old daughter says the sweetest and simplest of prayers, where you don't have to write out a pray, like you would a talk, because the spirit directs you in what to say, where you don't feel like you need to make people laugh in the middle of a prayer (is that respectful of the Lord?), where people fold their arms and close their eyes instead of talking and not even paying attention to what is being said. I didn't feel any type of spirit while listening to that prayer, didn't seem like a prayer at all, just a talk that was written out and rehearsed over and over again. I'm so glad my parents taught me how to pray so I can feel the spirit whenever I pray.