[(JD)]

I want to share a proclamation issued by the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry. Because of the overwhelming fires in Texas, he's calling for a weekend of prayer for rain beginning Friday, April 22, through Sunday, April 24.

Proclamation

By The

Governor of the State of Texas

To all to whom these presents shall come:

Whereas, the state of Texas is in the midst of an exceptional drought, with some parts of the state receiving no significant rainfall for almost three months, matching rainfall deficit records dating back to the 1930s; and

Whereas, a combination of higher than normal temperatures, low precipitation and low relative humidity has cause an extreme fire danger over most of the State, sparking more than 8,000 wildfires which have cost several lives, engulfed more than 1.8 million acres of land and destroyed almost 400 homes, causing me to issue an ongoing disaster declaration since December of last year; and

Whereas, these dire conditions have caused agricultural crops to fail, lake and reservoir levels to fall and cattle and livestock to struggle under intense stress, imposing a tremendous financial and emotional toll on our land and our people; and

Whereas, throughout our history, both as a state and as individuals, Texans have been strengthened, assured and lifted up through prayer; it seems right and fitting that the people of Texas should join together in prayer to humbly seek an end to this devastating drought and these dangerous wildfires;

Now, therefore, I, Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution of Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby proclaim the three-day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, as Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas. I urge Texans of all faiths and traditions to offer prayers on those days for the healing of our land, the rebuilding of our communities and the restoration of our normal way of life in Texas.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and have officially caused the Seal of State to be affixed at my Office in the City of Austin, Texas, this the 20th day of April, 2011.

Rick Perry
Governor of Texas

Attested By:

Esperanza "Hope" Andrade
Secretary of State

Thanks for joining us in prayer! Blessings!

the restoration of our normal way of life in Texas

Thank you, (JD). What a wonderful way for the Governor to use a time of distress to accent his political view that those who do not believe are apart from the normal way of life in Texas, if there even is such a thing.

[(JD)]

I have no idea what you're talking about but believe you are in error of thought this time....and not everything is about politics. Many of our crops here in the USA are grown in Texas. The crops are dying...and our food prices are already high enough...along with gas prices that increase their cost of delivering food to the markets for us to eat. And oh, yeah, corn is grown there too...and how on earth can we subsidize the ethanol if we lose the corn crops???

Prayer works. wait for it.... the rain!

[salukigirl]

Come to Arkansas and take some of ours. You guys can take the hail too, if you want.