
The victory of American President elect Barack Obama is certainly a victory which has set to change the course of American history and probably mankind. Victory of a man of Kenyan roots from a race commonly branded as the symbol of slavery. This is indeed the happening of an impossible to a possibility. His campaign slogan ‘Change’ has come to the United States of America. But why was a world renowned civil right activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson in tears as laughing and tearful Americans greeted the new American Presidential victory celebration? A small flag made of red, blue and 50 stars in his hand clearly testified that he belongs to a great country where equality, freedom and liberty reign. Then, why? Was he thinking of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy and all those who had have believed in the principle of liberty, freedom and equality, and paid the price for these three lofty words across the successive eras?
While honoring the sentiment of the Native Americans, and though I still only want to be a Naga, it is always amazed thinking at the rising of USA and becoming a truly powerful nation. The most admirable in the spirit of Americans is their belief, courage and unflinching determination. It begins with, centuries ago, the daring courage of their pioneer immigrants to sail across the Atlantic Ocean solely depending on at the mercy of nature particularly wind and stars in search of a better fortune for some and for others to escape from persecutions, humiliations, etc from their motherlands in Europe. These exiles perhaps believed they could build a prosperous and powerful nation. They, in spite of belonging to different nationalities, socio-politico-religious backgrounds, believed they could live together as a nation on the strength and ideals of equality, freedom and liberty further fundamentally strengthened by their trust in God. They believed there could be emancipation, compassion and equality in their land. They believed they could land on the very moon. They perfectly succeeded in all. And now they believed in Change. They have changed their moral law and jubilantly gave their landslide mandate to a gentleman whose race sadly synonyms the former slavery to be the Commander in Chief of their armed forces. It reaffirmed that it is no longer necessary for Canaan , son of Ham to serve Shem and Japheth or to feel inferior to his brothers (Genesis 9:25 -27). After all, the price of redemption had been paid two thousand years ago by the Messiah, and He kept His promise ( St. John 16:14 ). This unquestionably is the era of the Comforter. The seed sown by the founding fathers of the United States by placing their trust in God and believing God also would bless their land, has sprouted out in erecting a new remarkable milestone. The High Priest is surely glorified.
Furthermore, in 19th century, the American missionaries believed the head hunter-Nagas (living in Indo-Burma regions) deserved to know the greatest message of Love. They believed Nagas could excel in education. They had the courage to sail for months to cross the deep oceans and walked through deep forest and mountains passing unknown and unfriendly peoples, and languages. They had the courage to pick up and compassionately return their attackers’ spear. They had succeeded much to the benefit of Nagas. And they asked for nothing in return. May God continue to bless America that many other nations particularly the politically, materially, and spiritually downtrodden nations would be bless through her. And may the gracious God also bless the land of Nagas like He blessed America .
Keviphotsü