It's not CBS or NBC,
ABC or CNN that 's given us the
freedom of the press.
Not Jerry Falwell, Larry Flint, Ted Kennedy, or Jesse
Jackson
giving us the freedom to verbally express.
Not the campus organizers, or all the demonstrations,
giving
us the freedom to march, freely and disagree, oh can't you see.
CHORUS:
It has always been the soldier. Who has made the sacrifice.
Standing strong and proud in battle.
Willing to lay down his life.
Somewhere there's a soldier, and he's looking at a picture
of his little
girl. How he wishes he were home.
And somewhere there's a soldier and he's reading a love letter
from his
wife, and she's telling him how she feels so all alone.
And somewhere there's a mom and dad who cry late in the night,
for a son who won't be coming home. A son who gave his life,
freedom isn't free, oh can't you see.
CHORUS:
It has always been the soldier. Who has made
the sacrifice.
Standing strong and proud in battle. Willing to lay down his life.
To the angry
man who shakes his fist and burns the stars and stripes.
The same flag that drapes the coffins of those who gave their
lives.
There's no other place that you will go or you have ever been.
Where the blood of soldiers gives the right
to burn the flag again.
CHORUS:
It has
always been the soldier. Who has made the sacrifice.
Standing strong and proud in battle. Willing to lay down his
life.
It has always been the soldier on the land, in air and sea.
It's always been the soldier fighting
for our liberty.
Fighting for our liberty.
Oooo Oooo the soldier.

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Until each one returns safe and sound,
let us pray a prayer for our troops, air, sea and on the ground.~
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THEN GOD WOULD BLESS
AMERICA AGAIN
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It’s a phrase we all hear from time to time
like
an echo that never goes away.
“God Bless America” is often spoken
out loud
or whispered in the moments we pray.
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Oh, it doesn’t take much of a look around
to see
that America is in need of the Lord.
We’ve drifted so far...so much has been broken
and so
much is needing restored.
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But I wonder if the core of the problem could be
in the
wording of the very simple phrase.
What if we started saying, “America,
Bless God”
and started seeking God in ALL of our ways!
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What if we returned to our solid, Christian roots
because this country had a godly foundation!
What if God’s
people stood up against injustice
to bring the HONOR of God back to our nation!
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What if we spoke the TRUTH about sin in God’s
eyes
with courage and fire in our voices!
Then we, as a country would return to God’s standards
and not
call sin our personal choices.
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And what if God's people truly humbled themselves
to repent
of our complacency and sin.
Then our brokenness would be answered with the
fire of REVIVAL
and God would bless America again!!!
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© Sheila Gosney
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Righteousness exalts a nation,
But sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34 NKJV
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Sheila Gosney sends out her poems FREE via her
own e-mail ministry.
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