Dear Heavenly Father,
We are moved by the alarming news and crisis that our country is facing.
This, the greatest nation, founded in the belief that "In God We Trust" &
the "Land of the Free". Please have mercy on those suffering, hurting
and in fear, and give wisdom & strength to those who are assisting. May the
forces of evil be broken by your power and may we humble before thee, our
strength and refuge.
Give wisdom to all our President & our leaders and bring your comforting
peace through the power of your Holy Spirit. Help us here to reach to those
that have been affected by this tragedy.
In the name of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus.
AMEN
TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
This, from a Canadian newspaper, no less, is worth sharing. America: The
Good Neighbor.
Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable
editorial broadcast from
Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows
is the full text of his
trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most
generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of
the debris of war by the
Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in
debts.
None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining
debts to the United States.
When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who
propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the
streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in
to help. This spring, 59
American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into
discouraged countries.
Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent,
warmongering Americans.
I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the
erosion of the United States dollar
build its own airplane.
Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo
Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star,
or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the
International lines except Russia fly American Planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the
moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk
about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American
technocracy, and you find men on the moon - not once, but several times and
safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store
window for everybody to look at.
Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded.
They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking
Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend
here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through
age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both
are still broke.
I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other
people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to
the Americans in trouble?
I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco
earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired
of hearing them get
kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And
when they do, they are entitled
to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present
troubles. I hope Canada is not one
of those." Stand proud, America !
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This is one of the best editorials that I have ever read regarding the
United States. It is nice that one
man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of the world would realize it. We
are always blamed for
everything, and never even get a thank you for the things we do.
Maybe each of you can send this to at least one person and they might send
it to one of their friends until this letter is sent to every person on the
web.
I am just a single American that has read this,
I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON.
It was something we never thought we'd see
It could never happen to you and me
An attack against all civilization
An attack that shocked our nation
Four airliners, all hijacked
A precise and planned attack
Fueled by evil, a merciless crime
The worst terrorist act of all time
The World Trade Center towers
Symbols of our financial power
Crumbling, falling, cascading down
Concrete and debris, hitting the ground
So many families torn apart
A tragedy felt in all of our hearts
If we're ever to overcome this devastation
We must pull together as a nation
To the victims' families, we send our prayers and love
As we seek guidance and hope from the Lord above
May God bless you and your loved ones.
Please pass these along.
Robert
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