The Battle Is Not Yours

One of the main reasons I worked on the Barack Obama's presidential campaign was because he

promised to work tirelessly to complete a goal that I've admired since I was ten years old travelling in

Canada with my parents and a sick baby brother whose ear was so infected he had rubbed the skin off

the back of it. We were far from Dr. Dreyfus, our pediatrician back in Chicago, but we went to the

Emergency Room in Montreal or Toronto and a doctor examined us, gave us a medical card, and

medicine. The visit was feee and so was the medicine - oh brave new world that has such people in

it!!! It's Canadian Universal Health Care, and they even share it with their tourists.

You know where our tourists go who have no insurance coverage? Cook County Hospital, and they're

 lucky to be able to go there! I assure you, the difference in experience is like the difference between

 having tea with the Queen and trying to revive a two week old grilled cheese sandwich from under

your roommate's bed.

 So, I wanted Universal healthcare - and as I courted volunteers and donors from the very beginning

of the campaign, that has been my personal story. Like I said, I was ten years old so I have been

waiting a long time!!! When the Healthcare Reform Bill passed and was signed, it was a bittersweet

pill to swallow because it wasn't all it could be, but I drank the Kool Aid and rejoiced with the rest of

the bunch. To the extent that I am able, I sold its promise, I learned all I could about what to expect

and I was more pleased than sorrowful. I knew, however, that the day would come when it would be

taken to court, and as hard as we worked to get the bill passed, as many times as I told that story at

Camp Obama and at committee meetings,and at fundraiser support sessions, I saw ALL that hard

work slipping away.

 I mapped out game plans to handle any potential reversal that might adversely impact employees, I

tried my best to squelch fears and be prepared for whatever today might bring and you know what? I

was completely unprepared for the avalanche of emotion I felt when I heard that Health Reform was

being upheld. I was even more unprepared to learn that the Chief Justice was the deciding vote in it's

favor. I don't know what happened, I don't know why it happened, but I'm grateful that it did happen,

because every single person in this country gets sick, and everyone should be able to get well without

 going broke trying to do it. The battle is not over, but I am encouraged that we can face the next few

 hurdles as Health Reform rolls out and people realize what my people already tell me - "This

Obamacare ain't half bad...." Sometimes you have to be reminded that the battle is not yours....

 "There is no pain Jesus can't feel
No hurt He can not heal
All things work according to His perfect will
No matter what you're going through
Remember God is using You
For the battle is not yours
It's the Lord's

There's no sadness Jesus can't feel
And there is no sorrow
that He can not heal
For all things work
according to the Master's holy will
No matter what you're going through
Remember that God is only using You
For the battle is not yours
It's the Lord's

It's the Lord's
Yes It's the Lord's
Hold your head up high
Don't you fright
It's the Lord's
It's the Lord's
Yes It's the Lord's

No matter what
You're going through
Remember that God
Only wants to use you
For the battle is not yours
It's the Lord's

No matter what
You happen to go through right now
Remember that in the midst of it all
God only wants to use you
No matter what you're going through
For the battle is not yours
It's the Lord's

No matter what it is
That you're going through
Hold your head up, stick your chest out
And remember He's using you
No matter what you're going through
God is only using you

For this battle is not yours alone
This battle is not yours, no
You can not handle it all by yourself
No, no, no, no, no, no
It's not yours
This battle is not yours
It's the Lord's, not yours

This battle is not yours
The Lord is the only one who can fight it
He wants to use you as His vessel
So be open to Him
It's not yours
No It's not yours
It's the Lord's, not yours

The battle is not your's
It's the Lord's

Hallelujah
yeah! *"

* The Batle Is Not Yours - by Hezekiah Walker sung by Yolanda Adams