Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem
My Second-Grade Public School Teacher, Miss Marcus, used to read this Psalm to us every morning until the Supreme Court said she couldn't. I still remember the tears in her eyes when she explained the situation to us. We were so puzzled. How could this happen in America, the Land of The Free? Now, our school was mostly Jewish, as it was located in one of Boston's thriving Jewish Communities (home of Leonard Nimoy) with a smattering of Irish and Italian families. We celebrated Christmas and Hanukah with equal fervor and enjoyment. As far as I knew, at the time, Psalm 23 was a Jewish Prayer, because it was from the "Old" Testament, which we never read. It also talked about farm animals, pastures, still waters, pouring oil on someone's head, and spilling a drink. It was filled with "Thees and Thous" so it HAD to be Holy, but, for the life of me, I couldn't figure out why The Supreme Court didn't like it. It only mentioned "The Lord" once, and didn't even say His Name. What was so wrong about that?
Back then, we kids thought that there were only three religions in the world, "Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish". As far as we knew, these three worshiped the same God. The 23rd Psalm worked for all of us, even if we didn't know much about sheep in the inner city.
All I know is, that when Misss Marcus wept, we all wept with her. Something very important was being taken from us.
Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.
"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)
God Bless America!
Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.
This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.
Hallelujah and Amen
ML/LTOS