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an excerpt of an article I read just moments ago
I told him that my step-Mom was at that moment in a hospital in Kalispell,
Montana, having a tumor removed from her skull and it would mean a great
deal to me if he would consider adding her to his prayers that day. He grabbed
me by the arm and took me back toward his desk as he said, "So that's it.
I could tell that something is weighing heavy on your heart today. I could see it
in your eyes. This explains it." From the top drawer of his desk he retrieved a
pen and a note card with his seal on it and asked, "How do you spell her name?"
He then jotted a note to her while discussing the importance of family and the
strength of prayer. When he handed me the card, he asked about the surgery
and the prognosis. I told him we were hoping that it is not a recurrence of an earlier
cancer and that if it is they can get it all with this surgery. He said, "If it's okay
with you, we'll take care of the prayer right now. Would you pray with me?" I told
him yes and he turned to the staff that remained in the office and hand motioned
the folks to step back or leave.
He said, "Bruce and I would like some private time for a prayer." As they left he
turned back to me and took my hands in his. I was prepared to do a traditional
prayer stance - standing with each other with heads bowed. Instead, he reached
for my head with his right hand and pulling gently forward, he placed my head on
his shoulder. With his left arm on my mid back, he pulled me to him in a prayerful
embrace. He started to pray softly. I started to cry. He continued his prayer for
Loretta and for God's perfect will to be done. I cried some more. My body shook a
bit as I cried and he just held tighter. He closed by asking God's blessing on
Loretta and the family during the coming months. I stepped away from our
embrace, wiped my eyes, swiped at the tears I'd left on his shoulder, and looked
into the eyes of our President. I thanked him as best I could and told him that me
and my family would continue praying for he and his.
As I write this account down and reflect upon what it means, I have to tell you that
all I really know is that his simple act left me humbled and believing. I so hoped
that the man I thought him to be was the man that he is. I know that our nation
needs a man such as this in the Oval Office.
George W. Bush is the real deal. I've read Internet stories about the President
praying with troops in hospitals and other such uplifting accounts. Each time I
read them I hope them to be true and not an Internet perpetuated myth. This one,
I know to be true. I was there. He is real. He has a pile of incredible stuff on his
plate each day - and yet he is tuned in so well to the here and now that he 'sensed'
something heavy on my heart. He took time out of his life to care, to share, and to
seek God's blessing for my family in a simple man-to-man, father-to-father,
son-to-son, husband-to-husband, Christian-to-Christian prayerful embrace.
He's not what I had hoped he would be. He is, in fact, so very, very much more.
The Whole Story
Tissue Please. I love that man! I pray to GOD he gets BACK in this year. I'll be checking his name fo sho on Tuesday I hope ya'll do the same cuz Dubya is the MAN! :) Gnite everyone I really need to get to bed NOW! :)
GOD BLESS.
Hope everyone is doing well. Im still prayin. :)
~*~KT~*~