The following passage is from a  sermon by John Hagee

of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio:

"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 though, 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."

Of all the gifts you could give a U.S. Soldier, Sailor, Airman,  
Marine, or Coast Guardsman....Prayer is the very best one....

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