FOR OUR SOLDIERS
I want you to close your eyes and picture in
your mind the soldier at Valley Forge, as he holds
his musket in his bloody hands. He stands barefoot
in the snow, starved from lack of food, wounded
from months of battle and emotionally scarred from
the eternity away from his family surrounded by
nothing but death and carnage of war. He stands
though, with fire in his eyes and victory on his
breath. He looks at us now in anger and disgust and
tells us this...
I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the
Constitution and now your children graduate too
illiterate to read it. I fought in the snow barefoot
to give you the freedom to vote and you stay at
home because it rains. I left my family destitute
to give you the freedom of speech and you remain
silent on critical issues, because it might be
bad for business. I orphaned my children to give
you a government to serve you and it has stolen
democracy from the people. It's the soldier not the
reporter who gives you the freedom of the press.
It's the soldier not the poet who gives you the
freedom of speech. It's the soldier not the campus
organizer who allows you to demonstrate. It's the
soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag,
whose coffin is draped with the flag that allows
the protester to burn the flag!!!
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.
Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their
families for the selfless acts they perform for
us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of
Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen."
Prayer Wheel: When you receive this, please stop
for a moment and say a prayer for our U.S. ground
troops in Afghanistan, AND all over this world.
There is nothing attached.... This can be very
powerful.... Just send this to all the people in
your address book. Do not stop the wheel, please....
Of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier,
Prayer is the very best one.....
Author Unknown...
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