“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?”
-Isaiah 8:56 (NIV)

The History of Presidents’ Day: Presidents’ Day was established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington; it was later referred to as Presidents’ Day, to also honor President Abraham Lincoln. Presidents’ Day always takes place on the third Monday in February. Since its inception, this day has grown to honor all American presidents.

A Time to Think… Quotes from some of our Presidents:

  • Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. —Theodore Roosevelt
  • If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should never grow old. —James Garfield
  • Great lives never go out; they go on. —Benjamin Harrison
  • Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God. —Ronald Reagan
  • In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. —Abraham Lincoln
  • We came from many roots, and we have many branches. —Gerald Ford
  • The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. —Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses. —Woodrow Wilson
  • Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. —Herbert Hoover
  • We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. —Jimmy Carter
  • One person can make a difference, and everyone should try. —John F. Kennedy

A Prayer for PRESIDENTS’ DAY: Let us ask that God direct our President with spiritual wisdom and understanding to lead our nation. Surround our President with wise counsel of men and women of integrity. Give him depth and insight into all situations, that in God’s strength, he may protect our nation, our military and our leaders and hold us safely in God’s care. Lord, remind me to keep our president in my prayers not just on Presidents’ Day but throughout the year. AMEN.