National Day of Prayer

Today, May 6th, other than being the first Thursday in May, is also the National Day of Prayer.  This government recognized day gets the pot of the culture wars boiling over.  It's hard to swing a dead cat without hitting someone who has severely strong opinions about the merits or faults of this event.  It doesn't help that it's sponsored by an organization that is overtly Christian with goals that clearly lean toward intertwining that religion with government.

But for me, this day simply reminds me of a verse from the Bible (KJV), Matthew 6:5-6

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are:  for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.  Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

But with most things in the Bible, I'm sure you can find another verse that completely contradicts this one if you look hard enough.  So let them go ahead and publicly display their prayer, God will take care of them, Jesus said so.  As for me, I'm still waiting for the government sponsored National Day of Reason.  Yeah, I think I'll be waiting a long time, because those two words, Government and Reason, just don't go together.  But, Government and hypocrisy...sure that fits just right.