"It Means I'm Saved And Forgiven"

Hello,
I read a very interesting piece about Senator John McCain and his faith. When asked by Rick Warren what it meant to be a Christian, he said, "it means I'm saved and forgiven". He does not wear his faith on his sleeve for all to see. But those that were with him in the Hanoi Hilton say he is a man of great faith and his faith inspired others. John McCain says they inspired him. Needless to say he appears to be a man of great faith.

The father of our country was a man of great faith also, I reject outright those who say he was a deist. George Washington did not wear his faith on his sleeve either. But the General George Washington was a man of strong faith, as one can tell by the following account.

In 1777 while the American army lay at Valley Forge, a good old Quaker by the name of Potts had occasion to pass through a thick woods near headquarters. As he traversed the dark brown forest, he heard, at a distance before him, a voice which as he advanced became more fervid and interested.

Approaching with slowness and circumspection, whom should he behold in a dark bower, apparently formed for the purpose, but the Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the United Colonies on his knees in the act of devotion to the Ruler of the Universe!

At the moment when Friend Potts, concealed by the trees, came up, Washington was interceding for his beloved country. With tones of gratitude that labored for adequate expression he adored that exuberant goodness which, from the depth of obscurity, had exalted him to the head of a great nation, and that nation fighting at fearful odds for all the world holds dear....

Soon as the General had finished his devotions and had retired, Friend Potts returned to his house, and threw himself into a chair by the side of his wife. "Heigh! Isaac!" said she with tenderness, "thee seems agitated; what's the matter?"

"Indeed, my dear" quoth he, "if I appear agitated 'tis no more than what I am. I have seen this day what I shall never forget. Till now I have thought that a Christian and a soldier were characters incompatible; but if George Washington be not a man of God, I am mistaken, and still more shall I be disappointed if God does not through him perform some great thing for this country."

Isaac Potts labeled George Washington a soldier, Christian and a man of God solely by what he heard from the prayer of the "Commander-in-Chief".

God knows the heart and what man among us would try to lie to God who knows all things.

The Old Farmer