Monday, July 4, 2011

PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY

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AMERICA, AMERICA, GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE.
Katherine L. Bates, "America the Beautiful"
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God,
For our country we give thanks.
For spacious skies and amber waves of grain,
We give thanks.
For Maine lobsters, Iowa corn, and Hawaiian pineapple,
We give thanks.
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                                                For West Virginia coal,
 Oregon lumber, and Oklahoma oil,
We give thanks.
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. For religious freedom and for faith unbound,
We give thanks.
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For blessings and hope beyond compare,
We give thanks.
For America the beautiful,
We give thanks.
May you always shed your grace on our country.
Amen and amen.
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From the book NO ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES
by Patrick J. McLaughlin
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