This was emailed to me I thought it was good and should be passed on here. Jim
I want you to close your eyes and picture in your mind the soldier at
> Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody hands. He stands
> barefoot in the snow, starved from lack of food, wounded from months of
> battle and emotionally scarred from the eternity away from his family
> surrounded by nothing but death and carnage of war. He stands tough,
with
> fire in his eyes and victory on his breath. He looks at us now in anger
and
> disgust and tells us this...
>
> I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and now your
> children graduate too illiterate to read it. I fought in the snow barefoot
> to give you the freedom to vote and you stay at home because it rains.
>
> I left my family destitute to give you the freedom of speech and you
remain
> silent on critical issues, because it might be bad for business.
>
> I orphaned my children to give you a government to serve you and it has
> stolen democracy from the people.
>
> It's the soldier not the reporter who gives you the freedom of the press.
>
> It's the soldier not the poet who gives you the freedom of speech.
>
> It's the soldier not the campus organizer who allows you to demonstrate.
>
> It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag, whose coffin is
> draped with the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag!!!
>
> "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. Amen."
>
> Prayer Wheel:
>
> When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our
> U.S. ground troops in Afghanistan, and the ones facing deployment to Iraq
> at this very moment - AND all over this world.
>
> There is nothing attached.... This can be very powerful.... Just send
this
> to all the people in your address book. Do not stop the wheel,
please....Of
> all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, Prayer is the very best
one.....
