In Praise of Our Lord, Savior, and True Hope: Poem - Joy Unto You, Muslim Women in America

Every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord -- Philippines 2:11

From there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. -- Deuteronomy 4:29

When the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior. -- Titus 3:4-6

Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. -- Daniel 2:20-22

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- Romans 8:38,39

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GOD BLESS THE USA

"It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” -- Patrick Henry [May 1765 Speech to the House of Burgesses]

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” - Patrick Henry

"The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His Apostles.... This is genuine Christianity and to this we owe our free constitutions of government." -- Noah Webster from public school textbook, 1831: "History of the United States"

“The policy of one age may ill suit the wishes or the policy of another. The Constitution is not subject to such fluctuations. It is to have a fixed, uniform, permanent construction. It should be, so far at least as human infirmity will allow, not dependent upon the passions or parties of particular times, but the same yesterday, today, and forever.” -- Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court

Monday, August 3, 2009

Poem - Joy Unto You, Muslim Women in America

Joy Unto You, Muslim Women In America
by K. L. Kraemer

Joy on earth unto you while in our capitalistic land
Where charity is evident, deemed by gestures grand.
Make no mistake, you're welcome here--
Have fun in naming a carnival bear.*
We hope you're happy and prosper
As long as you agree to adhere
By our laws founded with a united Christian hand.

Embrace the bread of life that you're offered to taste,
Knowing God's rights for you are by law encased.
You're free to pursue your own special fate,
Free to engage in any debate.
Say what you will but please avoid hate.
Share your beliefs but don't misstate
Why Jesus by His death for our sins was disgraced.

Open your mind to face whatever you find to be true.
Be free from fear if you wish to transform your view.
You believe Jesus lived without blame--
A virgin-borne miracle no other can claim.
He revealed Himself as the Son of God who came
For all mankind to give eternal life in His name.
If He beckons your heart, joy in heaven be unto you.

*reference to Gillian Gibbons in Khartoum, Sudan

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,-- John 1:12