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Thought you folks might like to read this. Someone sent it in an email to me. The following is a poem written by Judge Roy Moore from Alabama . Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama ! The judge's poem sums it up quite well. America the beautiful, or so you used to be. Land of the Pilgrims' pride; I'm glad they'll never see. Babies piled in dumpsters, Abortion on demand, Oh, sweet land of liberty; your house is on the sand. Our children wander aimlessly poisoned by cocaine choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain From sea to shining sea, our Nation turns away From the teaching of God's love and a need to always pray We've kept God in our temples, how callous we have grown. When earth is but His footstool, and Heaven is His throne. We've voted in a government that's rotting at the core, Appointing Godless Judges; who throw reason out the door, Too soft to place a killer in a well deserved tomb, But brave enough to kill a baby before he leaves the womb. You think that God's not angry, that our land's a moral slum? How much longer will He wait before His judgment comes? How are we to face our God, from Whom we cannot hide? What then is left for us to do, but stem this evil tide? If we who are His children, will humbly turn and pray; Seek His holy face and mend our evil way: Then God will hear from Heaven; and forgive us of our sins, He'll heal our sickly land and those who live within. But, America the Beautiful, If you don't - then you will see, A sad but Holy God withdraw His hand from Thee..

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 1/1/2012 10:15:00 AM
This is exactly what is happening in the United Socialist States of America. Liberal "leadership" is destroying us.
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Date: 9/5/2011 11:33:00 AM
i was living in alabama while this was going on. glad you put this here. they say His sheep can hear His voice. and i heard some but not all. the writer has joined himself to a crowd of imposters who claim to worship God. namely the republicans.
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Date: 8/2/2011 6:35:00 PM
yes elizabeth it is poignant and powerful and thought provoking ...poetry...I have seen this previously and it touches the heart deeply.. will we..can we ever get back there? only God knows and HE has been removed from the equation lately..luv..thankxx for sharing and posting..
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Date: 8/2/2011 10:24:00 AM
so true...
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Date: 8/2/2011 10:09:00 AM
Good for him! Thanks for sharing, Elizabeth : )
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Date: 8/1/2011 6:28:00 AM
I cant see how anyone can be upset with someone diplaying the ten commandments or a cross or the word God. It simply cannot happen. When did we become a nation of wimps where everything offends us. Great write
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Judy Ball
Date: 8/1/2011 1:30:00 PM
Elizabeth this is truly wonderful. Hope this goes down in History and is read in classrooms for posterity. Can't understand what's going on myself but they really are trying to exempt God from our land and even make it illegal to worship Him. We have to stand and fight this cancer before it spreads and kill it. God Bless, JB
Date: 7/31/2011 4:19:00 PM
OMG, this is so true that it gave me chills, Elizabeth. The halls of Congress have christian images. I'm outraged that Judge Moore was not allowed to display the 10 Commandments. Even if you're not christian, they are rules by which to live. Incredible poem! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 7/31/2011 11:22:00 AM
love and peace conquer all, elizabeth... what a shining insight! thanks for sharing with huggs!:) nette
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Date: 7/30/2011 10:18:00 PM
I have to agree with the Mad Poet on this one, we are in end times, and prayer is all that will save us from the god-less ones
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Date: 7/30/2011 9:31:00 PM
Thanks for sharing this introspective, informative, and ispirational write Elizabeth! Very deep!
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Date: 7/30/2011 8:07:00 PM
This is a timely write indeed.But I think these phenomena are now common to the whole world....there is an erosion in human morality through out the world...we can only hope for a better world....
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Date: 7/30/2011 5:07:00 PM
We are in the last days Elizabeth and the devil is on a rampage to steal the last souls before he is destroyed. It is up to us now to keep the faith. A beautiful but sad poem
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Date: 7/30/2011 4:59:00 AM
WoW!! On a score from 1 to 7 this rates a 20! It's all so very true. It's written in the Bible that when a nation turns away from God He will turn away from them; but if that nation turns from it's wicked ways and repents and asks forgiveness then God will hear from Heaven and restore everythoing He once bestowed upon them. Oh if only we will hear. Amen and Amen. God Bless, JB
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Date: 7/30/2011 1:32:00 AM
There are still a lot of good people in this land; they will bounce back.
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