'Christian Lady' Cleaned for 6 Presidents
By Patricia Sullivan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Each night for 24 years, Emma Daniel Gray would diligently clean the White House. When she came to the president's chair, she would pause, cleaning materials in hand, and say a quick prayer.
The prayers asked for blessings, wisdom and safety for each of the six presidents she served.
It's a "Backstairs at the White House" moment, a story that could have come from the 1979 Emmy Award-winning miniseries about the professional household staff to the presidential families. Like the characters in that television show, Mrs. Gray took great pride in her work, traveling each day by public transportation from her Northeast Washington home to the residence of one of the most powerful men in the world. the rest
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What a lady. She exemplifies what Christians and people of faith can do -- no matter how menial their task. People of faith are told "whatever you do in word or deed, do it as unto the Lord." Mrs. Gray might have cleaned up after the President, but she worked for God.
Read about how to be a worker like Mrs. Gray at the Red Letter Believer blog
www.redletterbelievers.com
6/22/2009 5:17 PM EDT
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