Good Morning, God,
Lord, the headlines are causing much sadness today for good, red-blooded Americans! The headlines speak of how some Americans are not being the best Americans they can be, and, in fact, are acting against all that we stand for as Americans.
Lord, the latest headlines are about the shooting in the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee. Six people were killed and four were wounded as they worshipped together last Sunday. The gunman was killed by police officers. Sometime before the shooting, the gunman had spoken of a "racial holy war."
Part of the story also tells that the gunman was an "Army Veteran," as if this made him more or less likely to do this, depending on one's point of view. He was also many other things. We shouldn't besmirch the Army good name simply to try to describe a crazed man.
Then, last week we had to deal with the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom for life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness issues around the chicken thing.
Lord, help us all to live up to the basic tenets of being an American and "One Nation Under God," and merely being the best human being we can be.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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