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The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, October 18,2001 - Page 7A
These LCPS budding artist are the stamp contest winners for the Wee Deliver
Postal Program. Pictured on the front row (l-r); Morgan Francis, Reid Wright,
Forrest James. Second row (l-r); Lauren Sullivan, Seanna O'Brien, Elise Durden,
Nikki Brogan, Mika Hood, Alex Crain. Third row (l-r); Chad Moore, Sarah Sheffield,
Jake Stevens.
God Bless America
By: James D. Harris
In a land where it has become
politically incorrect to have our
children pray.
In a land where displaying the
Ten Commandments brings on a
legal battle.
In a land where the courts op
pose any connection between
Church and State.
In a land where freedom rings
for all but the religious affilia
tions.
Terror Strikes and the first
words we hear from those for
merly opposing the association of
Church and State are GOD
BLESS AMERICA!
In fact, they stand publicly and
sing GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Friends. God has blessed
America and will continue to do
so as long as there are people that
will humble themselves and call
upon his name. Scripture tells us
that we must first become
humble. Then we must prepare
for battle.
THANK YOU MR. PRESI
DENT!
This should be the cry of each
and every American. President
George W. Bush has taken the
time and demonstrated a humble
heart. He has called this nation to
prayer to help learn how to fight
the battle. He demonstrates a faith
as he slowly places the helmet of
salvation on this nation. His un
relenting call for prayer to make
the right decisions is a testament
to his beliefs and personal asso
ciation with a God that can handle
the problems of this nation. He
campaigned on a pledge to re
unite this nation and to put trust
back in the oval office! Not only
has he established this, the unifi
cation brought to a nation that
prays together has also started to
form a breastplate of righteous
ness. This breastplate must be in
place before we confront the en
emy.
We are not fighting a person or
a group of people here in this war;
we are fighting powers and prin
cipalities. We will fight the Rul
ers of darkness that hide them
selves and plan for opportunities
to do more damage. President
Bush has established the thought
from nation to nation that was so
beautifully stated in a poem years
ago, “No man is an Island!” We
must pray for each other and
reach out to our neighbors for as
sistance and to assist. This at
tempt to establish the links be
tween the nations and our neigh
bors is an effort to gird our loins.
As a nation, we now begin to shod
our feet with the preparation of
the gospel by taking the time to
realize that victory can only be
obtained, if God leads, guides,
and directs our every move.
President Bush has humbled
himself and taken the position
that as a people we must lift him
up to God. Our prayers should be
that God will give him the vision
to seek out and destroy all of the
evil that terrorist bring into this
world. Many have said that Presi
dent Bush and all of the other rul
ers cannot rid this world of ter
rorist. To that I will reply, with
out God’s help the statement
would be true. President Bush
believes this also, that is why he
has called the nation to prayer.
His administration will claim a
spot in the history pages of this
nation. Many in this nation have
met the President’s call to prayer,
but the President’s call to prayer
has been echoed through the halls
of other nations as well. The Dec
laration of Dependence upon a
God that can deliver the enemies
into the hands of judgment has
been declared.
fied as, “WE THE PEOPLE. IN
ORDER TO FORM A MORE
PERFECT UNION, UNITE
OURSELVES!” We must not for
get that there are those, which
oppose the actions of our Presi
dent, and there are those that fear
an all out war with other nations.
We must hear from them and use
their thoughts to balance the
peace of mind that we as a nation
must have in order to resolve to
rid the world of the evil of terror
ism.
The check and balance system
established by our forefathers
once again proves to establish it
self as divinely directed to uphold
the ability for this government to
last. Should we choose to divide
the nation and each do what is
best in our own eyes, instead of
unifying the nation, we will self-
destruct as all the nations before
us have. We must hold not only
our President up before God, but
we must lift up each of the
branches of the Government and
all of the leaders of this nation.
We must pause and evaluate our
position and call upon God to di
rect our paths.
Once again, this nation is uni- GOD BLESS AMERICA!
St Stephen's Episcopal Church
298 Leslie Highway, Leesburg
(Across From Kinchafoonee Primary)
We Invite You To Worship With Us!
Sunday School 10:00
Sunday Serivce 11:00 AM
Phone 759-1506 Website ■ www.ststephensepiscopal.com
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ATTORNEY AT LAW /j
Criminal Defense
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Family Law
506 N. Jefferson St. Albany, GA 31702-0582
(229) 420-4104
email: hughmorrisattorney@hotmail.com
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Lee County Library To
Host Planning Meeting
The Lee County Library will
host an informal planning meet
ing for the Certified Literate
Community Program on Thurs
day, October 25,2001 at 3:30 PM
in the Kalah Hardy Room of the
Leesburg Library. The public is
invited to attend.
The purpose of the Certified
Literate Community Program
(CLCP) is to address the literacy
rate in a county. The CLCP pro
motes literacy in the state of
Georgia by getting communities
committed to raising their literacy
level. The CLCP is a business-
education-government partner
ship resulting in improved lit
eracy levels of children, youth,
adults, families and workers in a
community.
Ms. Billie Izard, Executive Di
rector for Georgia's Certified Lit
erate Community Program and
Linda H. Costen, Director of
Adult Literacy for the Southwest
Georgia area will be available to
answer questions about the CLCP
Simbfu. (MOSMES^
Covered
Drive Thru
and to offer suggestion on how
to make Lee County a Certified
Literate Community. Please call
759-2369 for further information.
YCHILD CARE.
Afterschool Program at Lee County
Elementary School Gym. Transportation
included. 1:15 ratio, safe environment.
Includes homework, snack, creative, and
sports times, field trips, and much more!
For more information, call 759-9008.
Time: 3 - 6 pm daily plus school
holidays. Financial assistance available.
LEE CO. DIXIE
YOUTH BASEBALL
NOTICE
Anyone interested in serving as Equipment Man
ger, Fund-Raiser Coordinator, or Player Represen
tative should submit their name, address, and
phone number to:
Lee Co. Dixie Youth Baseball
P.O. Box 262
Leesburg, GA 31763
Those interested in the positions will be contacted
and asked to attend the October 21st DYB Board
meeting.
Any Coach that still has equipment, please return
the equipment to
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Sponsored by the
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October 20 and 21
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m
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