Posted on 06/08/2004 7:32:00 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Regarding the growing wait to see the late President Reagan lying in state.
...I am overjoyed to see it. I wish I could be there. I woudl gladly wait 24 hours or more to be honored to see him lying in state. Myself and my family will be there in spirit.
I pray that the masses who desire to see him amaze everyone...that they are so numberless that they cannot be contained. I pray that they will wait as long as necessary and be glad and willing to do so, in California and in DC...white, black, yellow, brown and red.
I pray that it becomes such a phenomena that the press can't hide it, that they are at a complete loss of wors to explain it... that their socialist/liberal programs and voices are in fact left utterly speechless by it!
This is my prayer for this week of mourning and honor for the former President Ronald Reagan and his great all-American legacy...a legacy that will show him to be on of the top tow or three greatest presidents this nation had evr had, or that we have been blessed by God to see in office.
AMEN
The ways of the Lord are right...and if we will remember Him and that, we will do fine.
II Chron 7:14
...and Amen!
Amen,Jeff.
I have heard time and time again on numerous threads on FR that folks wish that they could pay tribute to the President or be in DC or Simi Valley......and I certainly understand that.
There IS a way to honor the President. Organize a vigil in your hometown. Go to www.reaganvigil.com or just start emailing your lists in your city. Or announce it through a church phone tree. Whatever, however. Start talking about it on your local news talk radio station. There are lots of ways to get a vigil going.
Reagan revolutionized communications in ways that people seem to be forgetting here -- he developed an office in the Communcations Dept of the White House that did nothing but deal with LOCAL press. He preferred to deal with local press because that is where the people were -- the chattering classes inside the Beltway weren't going to like him and he wasn't going to let that deter him. He was going to get his message to the American people DESPITE the best efforts of DC media.
So take a page out of Reagan's book. Host a candlelight vigil in your town. It is immaterial if it is five people on a street corner holding candles and singing Amazing Grace.
Just do it! DC is not the end-all, be-all for activity as much as its inhabitants would like to think so.
So please, please, please -- get out there and organize a vigil in your hometown!
Thanks for posting, my friend.
Jeff-
I'll carry your words with me in my pocket as I stand in line today. Then I'll mail them to you.
I'm off to the airport in thirty minutes.
FReegards,
Rob
Thanks...and I second that Amen!
I realize not everyone will be compelled, desire, or be able to do such a thing...and for anyone like that, I join you in your urging them to organize something locally and use the FRN site to do so.
We are off to Simi Vallet tomorrow morning very early.
We are off to Simi Valley tomorrow morning to try and be there at the entrance to the Library when he is returned there Friday for burial.
God's speed!
Elegy for a Lost Leader
The spring blossoms weep in their pinks and their whites,
The forest greens shake and shimmer in sights.
The rain now sweeps down on this hushed silent day
As the clouds wring their waters to quench our dismay.
Now coolness creeps in to stir the front page
A breeze to pass shadows that absorb his old age.
The sun now has set but leaves lines cross the land,
Glimpses of freedom, the skies hold his hand.
We are the grieving beneath the night sky
Who watched him cast way the worlds sad supply.
We hold to his memory as a spark that lives on,
Hearing his laughter that lightened as dawn.
And we the new readers, generations apart,
look to the glory contained in his heart.
Up to the heavens that hold this great man,
Seeking Gods mercy, His unanswered plan.
We search for a scent of his leftover trail,
We walk through the fragrance of life, oh so frail.
We hold to the wisps of the sunshine, his smile,
And we breathe in his wisdom to echo his style.
June 6, 2004
Jodi Girouard
The rain now sweeps down on this hushed silent day
Heaven weaping for the passing of a great spirit from off the face of the earth...and weeping for joy at his return home.
BTTT
Amen, Jeff. Thanks.
Current results of MSNBC's Question of the day:
Would Ronald Reagan make your list of the two greatest Presidents of the 20th Century? * 48185 responses |
|||
Yes 72% |
|||
No 28% |
|||
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3036713/ |
I will go and vote now.
Vote and leave a comment.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.