Posted on 12/07/2006 5:20:19 PM PST by anonymoussierra
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"Brave Soldiers
I have heard them cry for mercy at the end, Young men and women of all ages. Bombs were dropping through the nights, Medics ran to assist, They knew of the deadly risks. Our flag flies red, white, and blue in the winds, Our soldiers will fight till the end. Memorial Day is a day of prayer, We honor the men and women who have passed away. Freedom is here to stay, It's our American way of life, Veterans of many wars, We fought for respect to our flag. Memorial Day is the day of our red, white, and blue... It will never fade away.
By Darby Beattie Copyright 2004 Listed 6/01/2006"
http://www.usa-patriotism.com/poems/brave_soldiers-01.htm
"God Bless America
Please Pray for America and our troops abroad.
God is not done with America yet!
While in prayer and fasting in the summer of 1998, I, pastor Chris Ward, a Viet Nam veteran, realized that Americans had fallen out of the practice of praying for their country and being faithful to the Lord.
I had heard and read that many people and prophets were speaking out against America and saying that God would judge and even destroy America.
Many people had prophesied that God was about to judge America with natural disasters, a World War III, a terrorist nuclear attack that would devastate New York, a crash of the New York and Chicago stock markets, and earthquakes that would tear San Francisco off into the Pacific Ocean.
As I prayed and sought the face of the Lord, I realized that God was not done with America. In fact, God was inviting America to be a part of the greatest event in the history of mankind.
While it was true that America was deep in sin and was turning its back on a relationship with God, God had not turned His back on America. God loves America.
Remember it was America that saved His people the Jews from genocide by the hands of the German Nazi party. It is America alone that stands by Israel now to protect it from a Islamic and Communistic genocide. It is America that still tolerates religious freedom and is the voice of Human Rights around the world. It is Americans that sends billions of dollars of support to missions and foreign countries in aid.
I began to understand that God views America as a type of Samson in the Old Testament. Samson, once great yet fallen, was restored in the end to do a mighty work for God because of his repentance and return to the Lord.
I based this revelation on two significant realities. Consider first the fires, the floods, the earthquakes, the hurricanes, and the tornadoes that swept across America in 1998. Any of these events could have been devastating in the cost of lives, but in each case there was a minimal loss of life. It seemed clear that God had restrained the devastating attacks of nature. Second, consider the two presidential terms of scandals and immorality in the highest office of the land. Any of these incidents could have triggered a stock market crash in the midst of the crash of the Asian and Russian stock markets of that same year. And yet, our economy was growing and our stock market was booming. It seemed evident that God's thumb print was in these events.
But what was God trying to tell us? Had God hidden a message in the middle of these trials and events? Was God giving America another change to repent and turn to Him? Did God intend to restore America like Samson, so that He might use America again and make us a significant partner in the most fantastic event in human history--the Outpouring of His Spirit on the entire world?
"And it shall come to pass afterward (in the end of times) That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions...Before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. " Joel 2: 28-32.
In order for America to play a significant role in this historical event, Americans would need to humble themselves and pray, seek His face, and turn from doing things without God.
Yes, the birth pains were coming, but did God intend to use the remnant in America to minister to the millions of needy that would survive earthquakes, floods, mud slides, civil war, solar flares, famine and plague and terrorism. After all, who would have the means to help the millions on the edge of disaster except America?
The following is offered as a simple guide to the restoration of America and the preparation of the world for the return of Jesus Christ."
http://www.logoschristian.org/pledge.html
http://www.geocities.com/god_bless_america_lyrics
http://ilsoldierstribute.bravepages.com
Thank you all
Hello, Anonymoussierra! It's always good to see your posts so filled with wonderful pictures. Merry Christmas to you, too.
A very happy Christmas to our dear and loyal Polish friend! Surely America has no braver ally than the heroic Polish people. Have you ever thought to visit us here, Sierra?
Love your article and pictures. Merry Blessed Christmas to you as well.
Nony, you always post the greatest pictures! Bless you and Merry Christmas to you as well! :)
Thank you, anonymoussierra!!!
How sweet....wonderful photo's!
A very Merry Christmas to you!
Merry Christmas to you
thank you sierra and Merry Christmas to you too...!!!
Thank you for your wonderful post!
Hello sierra. Thank you for your prayers and good wishes. You almost always make me feel like crying, because you seem to understand the special plact that America holds in the world better than the majority of Americans understand. You have a large heart and a sweet spirit. God bless you.
plact=place (sorry)
Merry Christmas to you!!!
(Pinging a few others) Want a spirit lifter? Come here!
. . . and a very Merry Christmas to you dear friend!
Thank you.
God bless you, my FRiend! Merry Christmas and thank you for your staunch friendship.
(part-Polish granddaughter)
Alexis De Tocqueville, famous French philosopher-statesman traveled to America in the 1830’s to discover the reasons for the incredible success of this new nation.
I sought for the key to the greatness and genius of America in her harbors...; in her fertile fields and boundless forests; in her rich mines and vast world commerce; in her public school system and institutions of learning. I sought it in her democratic Congress and in her matchless Constitution.
Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.
America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
(more at http://www.geocities.com/hwitmyer/page25.html )
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May this nation - all of us - return to our God. May we abandon thoughts of saving ourselves without submitting to the ways of God. May God, His Word, and His Will be exalted throughout the land.
Then, and only then, will we triumph over our enemies. For how can we presume to bring order to them when we can't govern ourselves.
May the veil of darkness be pulled away from our eyes, so that we can help others remove it from their eyes.
p.
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