“You Are the One in Trouble Now”

In case we forget to pray for any president, but especially for our new one, here is an insightful anecdote from the life of Harry Truman.

On April 12, 1945, Truman had been Vice President for only 82 days when he was urgently summoned from the Capitol to the White House. He was ushered into a room occupied by a few of FDR’s family and close associates.

Mrs. Roosevelt stepped forward and gently put her arm on Truman’s shoulder.

“Harry, the president is dead.”

Truman was unable to speak.

“Is there anything I can do for you?” he said at last.

“Is there anything we can do for you,” she said. “For you are the one in trouble now.”

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Quoted from David McCullough’s biography of Truman. I am, by the way, on page 354. Only 638 to go.