Christian Bookmark

I came across a scan of a bookmark today which appears to have been handed out by the office of Bev Shipley, M.P. For Lambton-Kent-Middlesex. It reads as follows:

Happy Canada Day!

From
Bev Shipley, M.P.
Lambton Kent Middlesex
www.bevshipley.ca
1-800-586-4614

1 Timothy 2:2 – Pray for all who are in authority.
Pray that we will live peaceful and quiet lives.
And pray that we will be godly and holy.

Please Pray for:

• Prime Minister Stephen Harper
• Members of Parliament
• Opposition Parties and their leaders
• Provincial Members of Parliament & their leaders
• Municipal Government & their leaders

As your Member of Parliament I covet your prayers that we may lead according to the Spiritual Foundation Upon which our country was founded.

Conservative Party of Canada

A scan of this bookmark can be found here.

For those interested in that biblical verse Mr. Shipley quoted on his bookmark, I would like to point out that that chapter goes on to say “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety”

The oddest thing about this bookmark is in the last little blurb when he says, "As your Member of Parliament I covet your prayers." For those of us who know what the word covet means this statement doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I'm not sure how one would go about coveting a prayer.