Thanks for all the good wishes for my birthday yesterday! I am blessed.....

Today is celebrated as our country's National Day of Prayer. I have been asked to be one of those praying at Wright County's Freedom Rock in Dows. We were also asked to write and submit our thoughts to the organizers.

I am sharing with you a couple of paragraphs from that prayer:

Father in Heaven,

We are here today to celebrate YOU; to praise You for being the sovereign leader of our nation since its founding. We praise You for the opportunity to celebrate this National Day of Prayer with other groups like this across the county. We life Your Name, which is the name above all names. Together.

Increase our desire to encourage one another for the cause of Your Kingdom---whether it is our neighbor, a family member, or a penned note---to someone taking a stand for You---whether it be someone we know or someone who we know only because we learn about them in the news.

We bring before You believers in positions of authority to keep them close to You, as we pray for those who are sensitive to You and Your Kingdom. And we bring before You today---those who are hostile to you and our Christian brothers and sisters, who want to do evil of all kinds.

We celebrate what You have done in this country in the past. We celebrate what You are doing today. And we celebrate what You are going to do in the United States in the future.

We bless Your Holy Name.

AMEN