February 2nd, 2003
Dear President Bush,
I am thankful to our Father that you sit as the leader of our wonderful nation. Often I join with friends online to lift you up to our Father, especially when we sense the burdens resting upon your shoulders appear breathtakingly imposible to manage.
Dear President, dearest President, we know. (I expect millions of us know.) And I just felt the need to write, telling you how awesomely the Lord has answered our prayers and how much we trust in Him to guide you and the terrific team of skilled and compassionate people who surround and advise you.
I want you to know that each time I hear you speak, I am left wanting to be a better citizen, make that better person. Like you said in your SOTU address regarding the first two years of your presidential term-''...I consider it a good start.", so I consider this inspiration I feel to reach out to my own community, getting off my lazy arse, as it were :^), and begin to help this nation grow in spirit and heart.
Like my online friends, and my church (where we prayed over the deeply sad events of yesterday's Columbia tragedy and prayed for you, lifting you up to our Father, and sighting Psalm 27 - which we understand is you favorite Psalm ), there truly are not enough words to express the depth of our love for you. And I do mean love.
Thank you for 'staying the course', for your willingness to speak out on your faith, for insistence of reminding us of our obligations as citizens, for making us believe just how much difference one person can make. And mostly, President Bush, for modeling what you believe. I pray you know the tremendous difference that you are making. I confess-I have asked our Father to flood your being with the knowledge of the support out here in our nation.
When we hear nonsensical criticisms come towards you from people who know better. In other words, people using distortion to score points, it hurts us, too. Thank you for your patience, your deep desire to change the tone that crushes the world within the beltway and your strength in the face of the nasty, untruthful arrows aimed towards you. We are out here using prayer as a shield for you, Mr. President. Count on this.
At any rate, I realize there isn't much of a chance, with the burdens before you, that this email will ever reach your eyes. But on that minute chance that it might, I wanted you to know that praying for you and your team, our congress and our nation has become an important part of my day. I thank you for that. For it is because of you, that this desire to draw closer to our Father has happened. It began during the election bru-ha-ha, and has never stopped.
God put a very, very good man in charge of our nation.
May God continue to place a high hedge of protection around you and your family and administration, our congress and our nation.
I truly love you, Mr. President. You have impacted my life, my husband's life and our daughter's life. (And I would throw in our dog's life-but that would be waxing way out there-no? :^) Perhaps-as we strive to become more compassionate, our dog benefits? :^)
Sincerely,
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P.S.
Note to White House Employees:
There is a website, a conservative website, called FreeRepublic.com. Everyday in the forum on that site, in the evening, a thread called 'Daily dose of President Bush' is posted and commented upon. This thread begins with many pictures of events and actions of our President for that day-including quotes. This thread contains humor, much commentary, a little bit of earned liberal bashing ( we like to call it quality bashing, never lewd, or cursing, just righteous anger-etc). If you know someone close to the President, close enough to know when he might need a good laugh, a small lift, an embarrassed 'geeez', please inform that person of this thread. I believe it would be worth your while and definitely might offer our President a break in these extremely tense times. Thanks!
Redublican...such great news about W. One person, one soul at a time. At the rate he's going, he'll have it all wrapped up come summer!
Pip...I'm sure W will keep up the struggle and go for a second term. But geez...sometimes you have to wonder just how much can one man take. Such awesome responsibilities he has and so many demanding his time and/or concentration.
We did pray for the President this morning in Church as well as for the astronauts. What perilous times, these.