Day of Prayer??

I am actually in Madison, Wisconsin right now and saw this article in a local paper on today's National Day of Prayer...

"Obama's position has disappointed Christian conservatives, who want the president to do more to mark the day, and an atheist group that wants him to end the tradition.

"Congress established the day in 1952 and in 1988 set the first Thursday in May as the day for presidents to issue proclamations asking Americans to pray.

"White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that Obama would issue such a proclamation Thursday but not hold any public events with religious leaders as President George W. Bush did.

"Gibbs said Obama prays privately and his plan for the day was in line with those of past presidents. Still, Obama drew a rebuke from the National Day of Prayer Task Force, a private group that promotes prayer events around the country.

"We are disappointed in the lack of participation by the Obama Administration," said task force chairwoman Shirley Dobson, wife of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson. "At this time in our country's history, we would hope our President would recognize more fully the importance of prayer."

"The task force estimates 2 million Americans attended more than 40,000 events marking the day last year."

The 44th President of the United States of America

I stopped today's daily chores and watched as Barack H. Obama became our 44th President. I thought it was a good ceremony and thought President Obama's speech was indeed what Americans were waiting to hear. It was captivating & inspiring.

I did not vote for Obama, in fact I was extremely disappointed and disturbed when he was elected, but I do believe in supporting our government officials regardless.

Tanner watched some of the inauguration during school and when he got home we watched again as Mr. Obama was sworn in and we discussed what it all meant. He heard one of the commentators say, "We are witnessing a great day in history." Tanner asked what that meant and I explained to him that Mr. Obama was our first black president. Tanner then said something that made a lot of sense, "So what? There are black people at school, there are back people at church. Just because he's black that makes him a special president? I don't get it." I loved that! I love that his generation doesn't see color.

I do realize that we witnessed a day that will go down in history, but I hope his presidency becomes less about that and more about what is important. I truly hope that President Obama is able to earn and deserve all of the praise that he has been awarded.

Tonight in our family prayers we prayed for President Obama and members of the cabinet. We prayed that they would serve the American people with dignity, selflessness and integrity.

I thought this was interesting...

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