| NATIONAL PRAYER LORD,WE COME TO U ON BENDED KNEE, HEADS BOWED&OUR HEARTS FILLED TO OVERFLOWING WITH SO MUCH GRIEF FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED &KILLED ON 911 PLEASE GIVE US THE STRENGTH LORD,TO GET US THROUGH EACH DIFFICULT&DEVASTING DAY THAT FACES EACH OF US AND OUR COUNTRY WE ASK THAT U ALLOW US TO ALL TO COME TOGETHER AS A NATION,TO STAND TALL &UNITED,SO THAT WE MIGHT HELP EACHOTHER IN OUR HOUR OF NEED AMEN I AM THE FLAG A TRIBUTE TO 911 AND OUR FLAG IM THE FLAG OF THE USA.MY NAME IS OLD GLORY.I FLY ATOP THE WORLDS TALLEST BUILDINGS.I STAND WATCH IN AMERICAS HALLS OF JUSTICE.I FLY MAJESTICALLY OVER INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.I STAND GUARD WITH POWER IN THE WORLD.LOOK UP AND SEE ME. I STAND FOR HONOR PEACE TRUTH &JUSTICE.I STAND FOR FREEDOM.IM A CONFIDENT.IM ARROGANT.IM PROUD.WHEN I FLOW WITH MY FELLOW BANNERS,MY HEAD IS A LITTLE HIGHER,MY COLORS A LITTLE TRUER.I BOW TO NOONE!IM RECOGNIZED ALL OVER THE WORLD.IMWORSHIPPED-IM SALUTED.IM LOVED,REVERED,RESPECTED AND FEARED.I HAVE FOUGHT EVERY BATTLE OF EVERY WAR FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS.I WAS FLOWN AT VALLEY FORGE,GETTYSBURG,SHILOH AND APPAMATOX,SAUN JUAN HILL,TRENCHES OF FRANCE IN THE ARGONNE FOREST,ANZIO,ROME AND THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY,GUAM.OKINAWA,KOREA AND KHESAN,SAIGON,VIETNAM.I WAS THERE I LED MY TROOPS,I WAS DIRTY,BATTLEWORN AND TIRED,BUT MY SOLDIERS CHEERED ME AND I WAS PROUD.I HAVE BURNED,TORN AND TRAMPLED ON THE STREETS OF COUNTRIES I HAVE HELPED SET FREE.IT DOESNT HURT,FOR IM INVINCIBLE.IVE BEEN SOILED UPON,BURNED,TORN&TRAMPLED ON THE STREETS OF MY COUNTRY AND WHEN ITS THOSE WHOM IVE SERVED IN BATTLE-IT HURTS BUT I SHALL OVERCOME-FOR IM STRONG.IVE SLIPPED THE BONDS OF EARTH&STOOD WATCH OVER THE UNCHARTED FRONTIERS OF SPACE FROM MY VANTAGE POINT ON MY MOON.IVE BORNE SILENT WITNESS TO ALL OF AMERICAS FINEST HOURS BUT OUR FINEST HOURS OUR YET TO COME WHEN I AM TORN INTO STRIPS&USED AS BANDAGES FOR MY WOUUNDED COMRADES ON THE BATTLE FIELD,WHEN I AM FLOWN AT HALF-MAST TO HONOR MY SOLDIER,OR WHEN I LIE IN THE TREMBLING ARMS OF GRIEVING PARENT AT THE GRAVE OF THEIR FALLEN SON OR DAUGHTER,IM PROUD prayer for the soldiers prayer wheel ''lord,hold our troops in your loving hands protect them as they protect us bless them and their families for the selflessness acts they perform for us in our time of need i ask this in the name of jesus our lod and savior j amen |