111023 Veteran's Day Salute 2023

We put our hope in the Lord.
    He is our help and our shield.
 In him our hearts rejoice,
    for we trust in his holy name.
Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord,
    for our hope is in you alone.

Psalm 33:20-22

 

Any soldier worth his salt

Should be antiwar.

And still there are things

Worth fighting for.

- H. Norman Schwarzkopf

 

 

Veterans Day Prayer to Honor and Uplift Our Veterans

 

Let's join together in prayer for veterans across the US.

Did you know there are over sixteen million living veterans

who have served in at least one war?

Over two million of those veterans are women and nearly

ten million of all veterans are over the age of 65.

Can you imagine being a part of a group of men and women

who are ready to defend our country from war?

To be willing to leave family, friends, and comforts to keep us safe?

It is only fitting we would have a special day to honor them.

Veteran's Day offers time to remember, encourage, and comfort

Veterans in prayer. 

 

A Prayer for Veterans with Emotional Scars…

 

Sometimes physical scars heal but emotional scars will linger.

Many veterans suffer from depression,

P.T.S.D. (post-traumatic stress disorder), thoughts of suicide,

substance use problems, bipolar disorder, and even schizophrenia.

The mental toll of being in a high-stress environment is hard to

recover from.

Let’s say a prayer for those who are still suffering.

 

Dear Father, nothing is hidden from You.

Even the silent sufferer You see.

We lift up those with emotional scars

who have served in our military.

Those veterans are special to

You and You love them.

You see them.

Strengthen them to seek help from

friends or counselors.

Give grace and patience to those who

care for them.

Give wisdom to the doctors who are

treating them.

We pray for peace for them and relief.

Amen.

 

- Sarah Frazer

 

Edited by H.C.

 

So we pray to Him now for the vision
to see our way clearly… to see the way
that leads to a better life for ourselves
and for all our fellow people… to the
achievement of His will to peace on earth.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

Our abundant plains and mountains would

yield little if it were not for the applied skill

and energy of Americans working together

as fellow citizens bound up in common
destiny.  The achievement of brother and

sisterhood is the crowning objective of our

society.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

We are not afraid to entrust the American people

with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien

philosophies, and competitive values. 

For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge

the truth and falsehood in an open market is a

nation that is afraid of its people.
- John F. Kennedy

 

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal,

or no weapon in the arsenals of the world,

is so formidable as the will and moral courage

of free men and women.
- Ronald Reagan

 

My Country ‘Tis of Thee…

My country, 'tis of thee,

Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong. 

Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King.


Additional verse to celebrate

Washington's Centennial:

Our joyful hearts today,
Their grateful tribute pay,
Happy and free,
After our toils and fears,
After our blood and tears,
Strong with our hundred years,
O God, to Thee.


Additional verses

by Henry van Dyke:

We love thine inland seas,
Thy groves and giant trees,
Thy rolling plains;
Thy rivers' mighty sweep,
Thy mystic canyons deep,
Thy mountains wild and steep,--
All thy domains.

Thy silver Eastern strands,
Thy Golden Gate that stands
Fronting the West;
Thy flowery Southland fair,
Thy North's sweet, crystal air:
O Land beyond compare,
We love thee best!

- S.F. Smith