2021-06 In God We Trust

This Sunday is Scout Sunday and throughout the nation scouts and scouters are practicing the 12th point of the Scout Law, reverent. Although the official date for Scout Sunday is the Sunday before BSA’s birthday on February 8th, your troop or pack can celebrate Scout Sunday, Scout Sabbath, or Scout Jumuah throughout this month.

If you have a penny, take it out of your pocket and let's take a look at it.  What do you find on it? That’s right. On the front of it we can find President Abraham Lincoln, to the left of him is the word “Liberty”, and above his head we can read “In God We Trust”. Not only as individuals, but as a nation, too, we are committed to live and work in harmony with God, and with his plan. 

During the month of February we celebrate some of the great men who influence us. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln who’s birthdays we celebrate on President’s Day and Baden-Powell’s birthday. 

These men had many things in common. Love of the outdoors. Human kindness and love of people. And an earnest duty to God and helping to work out a better world. Each one of these men often acknowledged their dependence on God.

Now let's take a look at that penny again. It’s only worth one cent. It’s the smallest amount of money that you can carry in your pocket. But, how amazingly powerful and strong are the words that it bears, “In God We Trust”.