GREG LAURIE RECALLS MELANIA BEING MOVED TO TEARS BY THE LORD AT INAUGURATION SERVICE

Greg Laurie Recalls Melania Being Moved To Tears By The Lord At Inauguration Service

Feb 23, 2017 by Will Maule - HELLO CHRISTIAN

First Lady Melania Trump may have had a quiet start to her duties at the White House, but she has been bombarded with media attention since she recited the Lord's Prayer at her husbands rally in Florida on Saturday. Many have since criticized her as being insincere, with some accusing the whole thing of being staged. 

But Pastor Greg Laurie feels very differently indeed. "Melania Trump walked up to the presidential podium, thanked the crowd and, with her husband by her side, said something I can't remember any first lady or president doing in recent memory. 

She said simply, "Let us pray," and then read the Lord's Prayer in its entirety," he writes at Charisma. 

"Yet so many have now chosen to criticize and politicize it. Don't you think it's time to hit the pause button, folks? There are moments that call on us to put politics aside," Greg asserts.

"Our first lady, shouldering the new weight of her title and position, took a courageous stand and led 9,000 people in a prayer for God's help and assistance in our nation. I thought it was beautiful, and I would say the same if it had been first lady Laura Bush or first lady Michelle Obama standing at that podium."

Laurie then goes on to describe a deeply spiritual experience he shared in with the First Lady when attending the prayer service at Washington National Cathedral the day after the inauguration. 

"During that service, the first lady was similarly moved by our shared Christian faith when a young lady named Marlana VanHoose sang the hymn "How Great Thou Art." VanHoose, who is blind and has cerebral palsy, delivered the most unforgettable moment of the service," he writes. 

"She sang the words powerfully and with great conviction. She could not see us, but we will never forget seeing her that morning, proclaiming, "Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee/How great Thou art, how great Thou art.""

Then, deeply moved, the First Lady began to cry. "VanHoose's song was met with tears from the first lady, who rose to her feet, first among a crowd of hundreds. 

The standing ovation that followed will be cemented in the memory of many who attended that service," says Laurie. 

"Our nation's pundits ought to have more grace, and if they refuse to treat the first lady's office with common decency, then they ought to at least honor the prayer she prayed."

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