Tulsi Gabbard: “Only One Number One”

The Director of National Intelligence stood on the National Mall and put America back in its proper place. At the Rededicate 250 National Jubilee of Prayer on May 17, Tulsi Gabbard addressed a crowd gathered to mark the spiritual heritage of the United States with a single line that landed harder than any policy speech she has given since taking office. “There’s only one number one, and that’s God.” The remark, delivered as part of a broader meditation on the faith of the Founders, came from one of the most powerful intelligence officials in the world, a former Democratic congresswoman and combat veteran now serving in the Trump administration. The crowd responded the way crowds respond when a public official says something publicly that most of the country only whispers privately. Gabbard’s faith journey is unusual. A practicing Hindu raised in Hawaii, a soldier deployed to Iraq, a politician who left her former party, and a woman who has spoken often about finding hope in something larger than herself. Whatever someone’s theology, the principle she named is woven through every honest reading of Scripture. A nation that worships itself eventually breaks itself. “You shall have no other gods before me.” — Exodus 20:3. Pride collapses what humility preserves. The 250th year of the American experiment is the right moment to remember who actually built it and who actually keeps it. Power without reverence becomes tyranny. Liberty without God becomes license. The line she said out loud is the line every generation has to relearn. What is one area of your own life where God needs to be put back in the number one position? #trump #faith #america