"Son, Remember That God Is Your Only Sure Trust"

By Jerry Stewart - Vision Productions   IT’S BEEN SAID THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON ACTUALLY HAD A SET OF FALSE TEETH MADE OF WOOD. THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TRUE. AND THE STORY THAT AS A SMALL BOY HE CHOPPED DOWN THAT CHERRY TREE AND WHEN ASKED BY HIS FATHER HE SAID, "I CANNOT TELL A LIE, YES I CHOPPED DOWN THE TREE"? THAT STORY DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TRUE EITHER. BUT IT’S EASY TO SEE WHY THAT STORY WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE TRUTH, BECAUSE GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS A MAN OF THE HIGHEST CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY.     

    EVEN WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG BOY HE WROTE HIS OWN, WHAT HE CALLED, "RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECENT BEHAVIOR". AS A YOUNG BOY, GEORGE WASHINGTON HAD OVER 100 OF THESE RULES OF CIVILITY AND IT SEEMED HE STRIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO LIVE BY EACH OF THESE, AND, BECAUSE OF IT, HE WAS HIGHLY ADMIRED AND RESPECTED.

      AND LATER, EVEN AFTER HE BECAME A MAN OF GREAT POWER AND POSITION, HE CONTINUED TO CONDUCT HIMSELF IN THIS SAME MANNER. VERY IMPRESSIVE.    

    BUT AMAZINGLY, ALL OF THE ATTENTION AND ADMIRATION DIDN'T GO TO HIS HEAD. HE CONTINUED TO BE A VERY MODEST MAN, EVEN SHY.     

    IN 1776, WHEN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS BEGAN TO DISCUSS JUST WHO WOULD LEAD THE COLONIAL FORCES AGAINST THE BRITISH ARMY, WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON'S NAME CAME UP, HE IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE ROOM, BECAUSE HE WAS TOO EMBARASSED TO HEAR THEM SPEAK SO HIGHLY OF HIM. AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED THE POSITION HE SAID,    

    “I BEG IT TO BE REMEMBERED BY EVERY GENTLEMEN IN THIS ROOM THAT I THIS DAY DECLARE WITH THE UTMOST SINCERITY THAT I DO NOT THINK MYSELF EQUAL TO THE COMMAND I AM HONORED WITH".     

    WHAT AN AMAZING MAN GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS.   

    ONE OF THE BIG REASON WHY AMERICA WON THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE WAS THAT THE COLONISTS AND THE SOLDIERS GENUINELY LOVED AND RESPECTED HIM. MANY OF THE SOLDIERS, LONG AFTER THEIR TOUR OF DUTY HAD EXPIRED, WOULD ACTUALLY STAY TO FIGHT WITH WASHINGTON BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THE CAUSE, AND, MOST OF ALL, THEY BELIEVED IN GEORGE WASHINGTON.   

    BUT I BELIEVE THE ONE THING THAT MADE GEORGE WASHINGTON THE GREAT MAN HE WAS, WAS THAT HE WAS GOD'S MAN FOR THAT TIME IN HISTORY.     

    YOU SEE, ALL THROUGH HISTORY WE READ STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SPECIAL GIFT OR ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH A SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE TASK. IT’S LIKE IT’S THEIR DESTINY IN LIFE, AND EVERYTHING I READ SHOWS THIS TO BE TRUE REGARDING WASHINGTON. HE WAS DESTINED TO LEAD AMERICA TO FREEDOM.

    ACCORDING TO MANY ACCOUNTS, HE HAD ALREADY HAD SOME CLOSE BRUSHES WITH DEATH IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR AND HE SHOULD HAVE DIED LONG BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR EVEN BEGAN. AT ONE BATTLE DURING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, WASHINGTON SERVED AS A FIELD OFFICER, RESPONSIBLE TO CARRY ORDERS AND REPORTS BACK TO THE FIELD MARSHALL, GENERAL BRADDOCK. AS THE BATTLE RAGED, EVERY OTHER OFFICER ON HORSEBACK WAS SHOT DOWN. EVEN GENERAL BRADDOCK HIMSELF WAS KILLED. BUT WASHINGTON, DESPITE RIDING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE OPEN BATTLE FIELD THE ENTIRE BATTLE - HE WAS NEVER INJURED. AND EVEN HE WAS AMAZED BY THAT. LATER IN A LETTER TO HIS BROTHER HE WROTE,