Washington’s Vision Of America Was Part Of His Own Spiritual Journey

  

Founding Father Kneels In Snow To Pray

Unlike modern U.S. Presidents who busy themselves with polls, sound bites, campaign finance and political correctness, George Washington was truly a deeply spiritual man.

The library in the Washington family home contained theology books passed on to generations. A copy of The Rules Of Civility And Decent Behavior In Company And Conversation which Washington copied when he was thirteen years old is available online and through the Library of Congress.

A devout Christian, Washington prayed often in search of the strength needed to triumph over the many hardships life presented him with. At the age of twenty, he wrote out the prayers he prayed twice a day in a small book entitled Daily Sacrifice.*

Our first president was handsome, elegant, gracious, witty, a good dancer, and enjoyed the fine food and wine of the high society of his time. Yet, he keenly understood that suffering and sacrifice was the true path to God’s grace. The prayers he humbly prayed can empower Americans who pray them today.

*Connell, Janice, T., Faith Of Our Founding Father: The Spiritual Journey Of George Washington, Hatherleigh Press, 2004.