MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Today, we remember the brave men and women who died in pursuit of freedom and democracy. We pray for the repose of their souls. We also pray for the safety of our men and women in uniform who are still out there fighting for freedom and democracy. To these men and women I dedicate this poem:

GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS

God bless our soldiers the men of courage best
God bless the men and women whose lives they risk for us
God bless the chosen few whose leadership prevails
And so our nation's safety, our health, our freedom roar.

God bless America the land you so much loved
The people who inhabited, this nation is our pride
The courageous men and women who's out to make them halt
The terrors deliberately committed, the acts of evil's mind.

God bless our soldiers the soldiers in foreign lands
God bless our soldiers whose sacrifices mount
God bless our soldiers raging war on Demon's camps
God bless our soldiers keep them safe and out of harm.

Heavenly Father, our Lord and our God
Bless our soldiers our cherished kind
Give them the wisdom they need so badly now
Send them Your Love, Your Guidance, Your Might!

God bless our soldiers, God bless them all
God cover them with trusts all around
Keep everyone of them under Thy great wings
Make them precise, concise and wise.

God bless our soldiers, we repeatedly ask
Make them safe till they finish their task
God bless our soldiers, we all humbly ask
Heavenly Father, we want them back.

by MMHonkala-from "Poems that Inspire"
C2004 Brainerd, MN USA