Posted on 06/06/2013 7:03:02 AM PDT by marshmallow
A South Carolina valedictorian garnered wild applause after he ripped up his pre-approved speech and delivered the Lord’s prayer at his high school graduation on Saturday.
The act was apparently in protest of the Pickens County School District’s decision to no longer include prayer at graduation ceremonies, Christian News reported. Officials said the decision was made after the district was barraged with complaints by atheist groups.
But that didn’t stop Roy Costner IV of Liberty High School. He ripped up his graduation speech for all to see, before he started talking about his Christian upbringing, Christian News reported.
“Those that we look up to, they have helped carve and mold us into the young adults that we are today,” he said. “I’m so glad that both of my parents led me to the Lord at a young age.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes
Romans 1:16
“A Call To Arms”
by Mike and The Mechanics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzHHj1cBDJk
Pass the word, it’s a call to arms
Midnight man at your door
Blackened faces run in the night
Daybreak under the floor
Bring my bow
Fill my head with flame, and we must
Let them know that the torch is lit again
Crystalize the pain behind your eyes
Are you ready to fight?
(you hear the drum and) run for your life
(sweet avalon the heat is on)
In other words, I hope and pray
That time and tide wash the hate away
A simple man with simple thoughts
Who turned to force as a last resort
All around us, chaos rings
Buildings crumbling down
Silhouettes in the fiery rain
Timbers crash to the ground
Bring my spear, invested with my youth
Bring the children near, they must now be told the truth
Old and young and those of foreign tongue
Are you ready to fight?
(you hear the drum and) run for your life
(sweet avalon the heat is on)
In other words, I hope and pray
That time and tide wash the hate away
A simple man with simple thoughts
Who turned to force as a last resort
In other words, I hope and pray
That time and tide keep the day away
When simple men with simple thoughts
Will turn to force as a last recourse
Thanks, I totally missed the story.
A few years ago I attended my nephew’s high school graduation and they came up with a way to say “God” during the cerimony. The Valadictorian faked a sneeze and the entire graduating class said in unison: “God bless you!”.
Praise God.
Love that!
No sorry. I did not comment on it so don’t have a copy under my pings. But I read it here yesterday.
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