The hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all this that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.
 
George Washington [Feb. 22, 1732 – Dec. 14, 1799]
 
 
What were the odds of a bunch of rag-tag colonists winning their freedom from the most powerful empire of the 18th century? Underwhelming to say the least. The men who signed the Declaration of Independence, pledging their “lives, fortunes and sacred honor” clearly understood the very real possibility of losing all three.
 
Just how was a loose confederation of thirteen colonies, whose “army” consisted of a bunch of untrained, undersupplied – and frequently unshod – farmers and craftsmen, able to prevail against British might?
 
For George Washington, the answer was clear; the “Author of Liberty,” was on the side of the colonies. How else to explain that after every disaster and near-disaster; Breed’s Hill in Boston, New York, Morristown, Valley Forge – Providence, the Hand of God appeared, just when all seemed lost, pointing the way to a brighter dawn.
 

 It was Washington’s faith in the Almighty, and his belief in the cause of liberty, that sustained him – and by extension the troops under his command – and ultimately triumphed over tyranny.
 
On his birthday, let’s not forget that is was the strength of his visible faith in God that truly made George Washington The Indispensible Man.
 
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“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”
 
~ George Washington from his Farewell Address, 1796 ~