Today is Wednesday, October 13th, 2004; Karen's Korner #393

This past weekend we celebrated together at Jim's cousin Rosemary's home, for a Weld Cousin Reunion. Since Rosemary was an English-as-a-second-language teacher, our theme was a Mexican  fiesta, complete with fiesta food and games! Some of the game winners were awarded prizes. I picked out of the "treasure chest" of prizes, a book titled, "God Bless America:  Prayers & Reflections for Our Country".''
 
From the more than 200 pages, I am going to share a couple of the short prayers from well-known leaders:
 
*  "Today, we utter no prayer more fervently than the ancient prayer for peace on Earth." -- Ronald Reagan
 
*  "Only when we have knelt before God, can we stand before men."  -- Anonymous
 
*  "So we pray to Him now for the vision to see our way clearly--to see the way that leads to a better life for ourselves and for all our fellow men--to the achievement of His will to peace on earth." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
*  "When we work, we work. When we pray, God works."  -- J. Hudson Taylor
 
*  "In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for divine protection. Our prayers were heard, and they were graciously answered...Have we now forgotten this powerful friend? Or do we no longer need assistance?  I have lived a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth:  'that God governs the affairs of man'. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it possible that an empire can rise without his aid?" -- Ben Franklin at the Constitutional Congress, 1787
 
*  " I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day." -- Abraham Lincoln
 
*  "Jesus said, 'For where two or three come together in my name, there I am with them.'" -- Matthew 18:20
 

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