Day 19 - history making

I Timothy 2:1-3

"The first thing I want you to do is pray.  Pray

every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Pray especially for rulers and their governments

to rule well so we can be quietly about our 

business of living simply, in humble contemplation.

This is the way our Savior God wants us to live."

History was made today and it was amazing watching

our country come together to pray over our new

president.  The United States of America is the

best country in the world - and I'm so glad to

be a part of it.  Even among our differences and

opinions - it's great to see the spirit of God bring

the people of this country together in such a

unified way to give honor and bless the establishment

of President of the United States.  Today - we

did as the Apostle Paul ask of us in the New Testament.

We prayed.  We prayed for our ruler and our 

government.  That's what is so inspiring about

America - we still pray.  Yes - prayer may have

been taken out of some of our institutions -

but prayer is still woven into the very fiber

and being of who we are in this country.  And

we saw it displayed and exercised today in

the inauguration.  Let's continue to hold our

government and President Obama up in prayer

before God.  As Paul tells us - "...so we will

live simply, in humble contemplation.  This is

the way our Savior God wants us to live."

God bless America.