My Prayer

November 24, 2009

Anonymous The Laurel Leader-Call Tue Nov 24, 2009, 09:49 AM CST

Please hear me Lord

we so need you now,

We are so confused

and I don't know how.

We read your word

each and every day

And then pay no attention

to anything you say

You teach us to love

our fellow man

Then we lie and cheat

every chance we can.

We preach your word

to answer your call

But if they don't believe

We want to kill them all.

There are so many things

that we believe the same

but in our differences we fight

in God's Holy name.

From the pulpit we preach

our personal view

and tell all your children

it's coming from you.

We send out our emails

of things so perverse

then follow it up

with a good Bible verse.

We are divided by politics

within familys we're tore

have we lost our minds

are we Christians no more.

We are mad cause in school

our children can't pray

but when they come home

not a prayer do we say.

We have so many religions

that should make us so strong

but all we do is argue

about who's right and who's wrong.

There is one religion

that is growing so strong

could it be cause as Christians

we can't get along

We wait for our leaders

to pass some great law

and never realize the problem

is within us all.

I'll send out this prayer

to your children and we'll see

if anyone reads it

and thinks, this don't mean me

So in closing dear Lord

Help us be more like you

Cause I truly believe

we know not what we do..

Amen

— Carl Hankins

Laurel

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