I don't believe for a minute that Bush has one knee on the canvas,
BUT
for those who do,
some cliches might be helpful here: It's always darkest before the dawn.
Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither is the war on global terror defeated in 24 hours, no matter how impatient the non-soldiers get.
The youthful sheeherder, David, was called from following the sheep to kill the lion and the bear (he succeeded), then to slay a giant (he succeeded), then to be a king, and was even anointed by the prophet Samuel for that reason. What followed? A short time of favor before the reigning king, Saul, followed by Saul spending the next several years trying to kill him. God's call on David's life succeeded; Saul's determination to kill him did not succeed.
W does not have anything to fear but God, and he does that quite well.
I think it was Oswald Chambers who wrote (imprecise quote): Show me a man who fears people and I'll show you a man who fears everything else. Show me a man who fears God, and I'll show you a man who fears nothing else.
W is on the right side of that line.
Blogger -- thanks for the prayer ping.
" For God [has NOT given] us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of POWER, of love, and of self-discipline." - II Timothy, 1:7
I don't believe W will back down. I do read burden in his face though. Thank you for catching the need to pray for him.