To All The Men
& Woman Who Serve
In The Armed Forces
Past, Present & Future

They served and fought and died
so that we might be safe and free,
Grant them O Lord, eternal peace
and give them "The Victory!"
And in these days of unrest,
filled with grave uncertainty
Let's not forget the price they paid
to keep our country free...

And so, on this Memorial Day,
we offer up a prayer,
May the people of all nations
be united in Thy care...

For earth's peace and man's
salvation can come only by Thy grace
And not through bombs and missiles
and our quest for outer space...

For until all men recognize that the
battle is the Lord's
and peace on earth cannot be won
with strategy and swords,
We will go on vainly fighting,
as we have in ages past,
Finding only empty victories
and a peace that cannot last...

But we've grown so rich and mighty
and so arrogantly strong,
We no longer ask in humbleness,
"God show us where we're wrong."
We have come to trust completely
in the power of man-made things,
Unmindful of God's mighty power
and that "He is King of Kings"...

We have turned our eyes away from Him
to go our selfish way,
and money, power & pleasure
are the gods we serve today...

And the good green earth God gave us
to peacefully enjoy,
Through greed and fear and hatred
we are seeking to destroy....

Oh, Father, up in heaven,
stir and wake our sleeping souls
, Renew our faith and lift us up
and give us higher goals,
And grant us heavenly guidance
as war threatens us again
For more than guided missles
all the world needs guided men.

Helen Steiner Rice

On a Personal Note*
I believe that there should be
more Men like Our President;
Who I believe should be commended
for he truly is a Great Leader
God Bless You President Bush!

They Don't Wear Purple Hearts In Heaven

I lost my brother to a foreign land;
I was too young to even understand
There was a knock at the front door,
then Momma wasn't smiling anymore.

The man at the door was a Marine;
the first I've ever seen.
Momma told me to go out and play,
then the preacher came and they
started to pray.

Tears ran down Momma's eyes,
and I heard her say,
"Why, Lord, Why"?
Father stood there seemingly mindless,
all he said was, "We've lost
another of America's finest."

The Marine handed Momma a
small velvet case,
inside was a Purple Ribbon,
attached to a gold heart with
Washington's face. I asked Momma
if it were mine, but she said,
"It's your brother's, Sunshine."

"Momma can we send it to Kevin?"
She answered, "They don't wear
Purple Hearts in Heaven."

Author Unknown To Me