I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 13th of August, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to Ephesians 5:8:

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

We have got to walk the talk. It's not just about talking but its about being. Now I heard a beautiful story about the first President of the United States of America, George Washington. He was a farmer and he was very successful. He was then called by the people to stand against the mighty British army, and eventually they had the War of Independence, where the Americans defeated the British and there was great celebration, and they loved George Washington. In fact, they wanted him to become the first King of America, but he declined, he said no. He wanted to go back to the farm and pursue his love for farming but there was a lot of arguing amongst the leaders of America after the war, and he was very upset about it. He called a meeting with all the top leaders of America together in one room, and he had painstakingly written out a speech that he wanted to present to them to get them to pull together. He read the speech out but there wasn’t too much of a response. He could see that the men were still arguing about who was going to have what and who was going to take authority in which area. 

Then the story goes like this - George Washington, who was about 51 years old, reached into his pocket and pulled out a pair of wire-ringed glasses. He put them on and said, “This war has made my hair turn grey, and now I am even going blind”, and then he read the note. That doing, that being, impacted those men more than anything else. Some of them started to weep openly when they saw what the War of Independence had cost this man, and they pulled into line, and he became the first President of the United States of America and served two terms in office before he returned back to his farm. 

Today, remember it's not really so much what you say, its not really so much what we do but its rather who we are which makes the difference.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,

Goodbye.