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Faith in the White House

I just watched a show on PAX titled "Faith in the White House" about President Bush. I thought it was excellent and accurately depicted the President's faith and how it guides him. It was also fair in that it didn't depict him as always being that way. In fact, it made the point that he wasn't born again until he was about 40. I know many of us pray for our leaders by name, but I think we also need to thank God for giving us a man of faith in the White House.

Another part of the program dealt with our American heritage and the fact that our country was built on religious principles and freedom and quoted many of our founding fathers. It also stressed the fact that our Constitution does NOT mention separation of church and state (which Willie Meggs reminds us in his Sunday School class quite regularly). The Constitution guarantees freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion. Of course, it also said that our government couldn't create or mandate a religion. It wasn't until the Supreme Court ruling on prayer in school (in the 60s) that the terminology of "separation of church and state" became an integral part of our language. The program also said that in a survey a majority (they said the percentage, but I don't remember it) of people truly believe that the Constitution mandates separation of church and state.

I guess I started rambling, but watching that show just reminded me of how far we, as a country, has strayed from God and how much we need to continue to pray for our leaders and that God raises up new leaders of faith.

On a completely different subject, nothing much going on this week. I did get to play golf (a recurring blog theme) on Monday and had more topsoil delivered on Tuesday morning. However, it rained most of the day, so I didn't have to start spreading it. I get to look forward to that tomorrow. Then, weather permitting, we have another golf day planned for Thursday. I'm not complaining about the rain--we sure needed it and the grass seed I put out last week has sprouted and we are beginning to see green (other than weeds) in our backyard.

Remember, Donnie Davis and Emily Wright will be leaving for Romania on Thursday. Please keep them and their trip in your prayers. Also, continue to pray for the work of Calyn, Lori and all the others in Kiev working for Radooga.

posted by Jim @ 9:22 PM