BY A 15 yr. OLD SCHOOL KID

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Since the Pledge of Allegiance  

And  The Lord’s Prayer  

Are not allowed in most  

Public schools anymore  

Because the word ‘God’ is mentioned…..  

A kid in Arizonawrote the attached  NEW School prayer:   

“New Pledge of Allegiance”  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Now I sit me down in school  

Where praying is against the rule  

For this great nation under God  

Finds mention of Him very odd.  

If scripture now the class recites,  

It violates the Bill of Rights.  And anytime my head I bow  

Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,  

That’s no offense; it’s a freedom scene…  

The law is specific, the law is precise.  

Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.  

For praying in a public hall  

Might offend someone with no faith at all..  

In silence alone we must meditate,  

God’s name is prohibited by the state.  

We’re allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,  

And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks…  

They’ve outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.  

To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,  

And the ‘unwed daddy,’ our Senior King.  

It’s ‘inappropriate’ to teach right from wrong,  

We’re taught that such ‘judgments’ do not belong..  

We can get our condoms and birth controls,  Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles..  But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,  No word of God must reach this crowd.  It’s scary here I must confess,  

When chaos reigns the school’s a mess.  

So, Lord, this silent plea I make:  

Should I be shot; My soul please take!  

Amen

“When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?” John 5:6

Today’s crucial question seems a bit strange at first. Why would Jesus ask a man who had been lame for thirty-eight if he wanted to be healed? Why would the Lord ask someone if he or she wanted to be healed when the person was already at the pool believing it would heal their affliction? Why would Jesus ask someone if he or she wanted to be healed when that person had been faithfully coming to the place of healing, day after day, week after week, and year after year?

Perhaps Jesus knew that sometimes, in spite of our actions and our words, we have secretly already given up on ourselves, or our situation, and really don’t believe that we can be, or going to be, healed, helped, heard, saved, or made whole. Sometimes we can habitually go through certain actions, routinely participate in certain rituals or procedures, and customarily say certain things without really believing in what we’re doing or saying. Sometimes, just like Samson rising from Delilah’s lap after she had cut his hair while he slept, we may have lost our faith or our strength without even knowing it. Thus the question “Do you want to be healed?” helps us to confront ourselves and ask ourselves, truthfully and honestly, do we still have the desire, first, for healing; and second, do we still have the faith that makes desire a possibility? Have we built a tent around our problems? Or have we just accepted the way that things are and built a house around our problem. The difference is that when you build a tent around your problem, you don’t plan on staying there very long. When you build a house around your problem that is a permanent structure and says that this space is my place of habitation. So again I ask you, “Do You Want to be Healed?”