actually, I didn't watch/listen to the speech for that very reason. I didn't figure it would be anything more than a bunch of religious references.
On Feb 12, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > This was the National Prayer Breakfast so religious overtones should be > expected. At the prayer vigil for Sandy Hook, President Obama opened with > a quote from the Bible. Would you have tuned him out? > > Here's the verse: > > " do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away inwardly we are > being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are > achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix > our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is > temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly > tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house > in heaven, not built by human hands." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360845 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm