Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars. They were told to "go sip some ale" and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. "You go sip here" and "You go sip there." The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term "gossip."
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless Acts they perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen."
WHY DID MY SON HAVE TO DIE, …..
A mother asked President Bush,
"Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"
Another mother asked President Kennedy,
"Why did my son have to die in Viet Nam?"
Another mother asked President Truman,
"Why did my son have to die in Korea?
Another mother asked President F.D. Roosevelt,
"Why did my son have to die at Iwo Jima?"
Another mother asked President W. Wilson,
"Why did my son have to die on the battlefield of France?"
Yet another mother asked President Lincoln,
"Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg?"
And yet another mother asked President G. Washington,
"Why did my son have to die near Valley Forge?"
Then long, long ago, a mother asked…
"Heavenly Father, why did my Son have to die
On a cross outside of Jerusalem?"
The answers to all these are similar --
"So that others may have life and dwell in peace,
Happiness and freedom."
IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE..
TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !!!
> "Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to > seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those > who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual > equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it > the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed > our unborn and called it choice. > > We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to > discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power > and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called > it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and > called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of > our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our > hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free Amen!" > > Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, "The Rest of > the Story," and received a larger response to this program than any other he > has ever aired. With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and > wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called "one nation > under God."
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