Time: Mon Nov 11 23:06:17 1996
To: Harvey Wysong <hwysong@atl.mindspring.com>
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Re: A Veterans Day Prayer
Cc: Kay Ness <kness@avana.net>
Bcc: liberty lists
What an absolutely beautiful
prayer. I have tracks right
below my eyes. I can only
add "Amen" to this beauty,
this passion, and this love.
/s/ Paul Mitchell
At 12:48 PM 11/8/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:32:20 -0800
>From: Kay Ness <kness@avana.net>
>Subject: A Veterans Day Prayer
>
>A Prayer for Veterans on this day:
>
>Dear Lord,
> I pray for your loving comfort and peace for all the Veterans
>of this great country. Bring healing where it is needed.
> Let the American peoples' eyes be opened to the source of wars
>that have used our best and brightest in terrible ways, destroyed
>bodies and lives to satisfy the evil greed of a few.
> Let the veterans know that those of us whose eyes have been
>opened, fight with all our heart and soul to see that their sacrifices
>have not been in vain.
> My grandfather fought in the trenches of France in World War I.
>He told us stories of having to wear boots in mud for months at a
>time, until the socks rotted inside the boots, while thousands died
>around him. The true purpose of this war was not known to him, but
>he returned to live a quiet, Christian life and raise his family,
>supposedly following all the new rules imposed on the American people.
>Little did he know that his country had been already stolen in 1913
>and that those guns pulled by those big draft horses should have been
>aimed at the evil people in New York and Washington, the true enemies
>of the time, your true enemies on.
> When I was sixteen, I watched Bobby Franklin die of lung cancer,
>a horrible and painful death. Yet, those around me said he was a
>casualty of World War II, having never recovered from those experiences.
>He never knew the real reason he was so grievously wounded....to plunge
>this country into tyranny. There has to be a special place in hell
>for those who use people's own highest ideals and patriotism against
>them, to manipulate them for greedy, evil purposes.
> From Korea and then to Vietnam, the manipulation continued.
>I have known so many wonderful men hurt by these wars. Let them
>know that our love and caring for them is unbounded. Let them find
>peace with the horrors they have experienced, so that they will be
>strong to lead this country back to its rightful place in your service.
>Let them know that, we who love them, though we cannot know the
>experiences which have hurt them so, that if it was in our power,
>we would take that burden and carry it ourselves. We cannot, I know.
>Only you can do that.
> Let them bring these burdens to you so they are strong to
>provide the leadership needed for the future of this country. Please
>let no more talent be wasted by sadness, guilt and grief.
> On this day, we honor all Veterans and pray your loving peace
>descends upon their hearts.
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