The National Day of Prayer

Today marks the annual proclamation of our National Day of Prayer. For the past 59 years, our Presidents have recognized the deep traditions of faith upon which our country was founded. Some have embraced it with great vigor, others as though it were an obligation akin to pardoning the Thanksgivng turkey. Although the days official history started in 1952 by proclamtion of Harry Truman, recognizing our need as a country to collectively turn to our Creator dates back to 1775 and the Continental Congress when they called upon the colonies to seek God's wisdom in forming our new nation.
This year our President issued the annual proclamation and in doing so encouraged us to remember the people of Haiti and Chili before recognizing the victims of the West Virginia mine disaster. He urged us to remember the loss in Poland without even giving reference to the 11 Americans killed in the oil rig explosion or the 29 + Americans who lost their lives in the ongoing flooding in Tennesee. Now I am no Isolationist, and we as a nation should be praying for and supporting all those in need around the globe, but at least put America and her citizens first. Jesus himself taught us the concept of concentric outreach when he commanded his disciples to witnesses in" Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
America First