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Years ago, my wife Gracie sang President George W. Bush in a special event in Nashville. That performance opened another by. A year later, she was invited to sing at the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York.
After their performance in New York, they took us to the president’s box, sitting only Beind George Hw and Barbara Bush. The next day, the White House called again while we packed to return home.
They loved us on the platform with the president when he accepted his nomination.
We stayed behind a president once in a scenario that saw the entire world. But in Easter, we celebrate the entire world. (Istock)
That Thursday night, the sand roared. The flags hung on the sharp and bright head. The crowd cheers shook the seats. The place pressed like a living being. If you look at the images, you will see Gracie and my right on the president’s left shoulder, applauding until our hands cool.
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As surreal as he felt, a moment stood out, and did not happen on the stage or near the president. He arrived a week after the Nashville event. I returned at the same hotel and went through the dance hall: the same room had kept the president, the secret service, the media and the temporary seat of American power.
Now?
Empty. No stage. No flags. Not even a chair left behind. Only another room, waiting for the next event.
That is what happens with power in this world. It appears big, but does not stay.
President George W. Bush greets after addressing the delegates in the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on September 2, 2004. (Jeff Haynes/AFP through Getty Images)
The stage falls. The room is restored. The moment passes.
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Even Madison Square Garden, iconic as it is, followed Patrt. One night, it was a national focus. The next, just one sand again.
In January, I saw the second inauguration of President Donald Trump. When former president Bush and his wife Laura entered the Capitol’s roundabout, his arrival was announced and hotly with educated applause. But he did not compare with the thunderous welcome he had received once in that stage in New York, or simply in that hotel dance hall.
The weight and glory of the office had continued.
This is how it works. The earthly glory is noisy, impressive and short.
But not with Christ.
Former President George W. Bush winks an eye when he arrives at the inauguration of President Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool through Reuters)
Hey, did not take a stage. He was raised on a Roman cross, like Moses raising the snake in the desert. It was raised, not to inspire but to save.
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The hill was not great. Golgota was a landfill.
Without focus of attention. Without entourage. No applause. Just a Savior, and a cross.
The presidents have Borredwed power. Christ does not borrow anything.
And here is the difference: when a president leaves the room, the power goes with him.
When Christ enters a life, he stays.
It does not come for the ceremony. He comes to the reign, and the traps of his office never leave.
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That night in Madison Square Garden, when President Bush took a step forward, the air broke with energy, it was electric.
Golgota was a landfill. Without entourage. No applause. Just a Savior, and a cross. (Istock)
But it was just a spark compared to what Christ brings.
“And the government will be on its shoulder …” (Isaiah 9: 6)
That is not a political slogan. It is a throne.
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The presidents practice an oath for a period. Jesus sealed an eternal promise with his own blood.
Pootoly, the presidents leave the platform. Christ left a grave.
Madison Square Garden shook with applause. The earth shook the resurrection of Christ, and the stone moved away.
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We stayed behind a president once in a scenario that saw the entire world. But in Easter, we celebrate the entire world.
Once we were in the shadow of power. Due to Easter, we can be at its source.
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