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Memorial Day Poem: A Prayer

 

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A prayer solemn

I offer this Memorial Day:

It is for our valiant Veterans

I do humbly pray.

 

Selfless, sacrificial,

Risking death gallantly –

Soldiers do all this

To ensure I am free.

 

So many have died

There on the battleground;

No music then to comfort,

Simply gun blasts all around.

 

So many names and faces

That I will never know;

So many stories of bravery

In warring winds did blow.

 

Grateful am I to these

Men and Women brave;

I marvel at all they did,

All they risked, all they gave.

 

Extend this heartfelt prayer

I will, to reach their ears;

How treasured they are to me,

Marching onward despite fears!

 

And for those who have passed,

May God bless them lavishly,

These very ones who died

So that I would live free.

 

In the stories of Veterans

I see a shadow of the Cross:

Christ died to set me free,

My gain is through His loss.

 

Gratefully I praise these heroes,

Often silent and unknown.

And I remember Christ’s blood

From which eternal life is sown.

 

To those who have fought

There on the battleground,

I pray God’s blessings to you

Will eternally abound.

 

Selfless, sacrificial,

Risking death gallantly –

Yes, you have done all this

To ensure I am free.

 

A prayer solemn then

I offer this Memorial Day:

It is for you, valiant Veterans,

I now humbly pray.

 

 

 

© 2012 Caroline Gavin

Thank you for joining me in this Memorial Day Poem and Prayer.

In what ways do you memorialize those who have died for us?

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  • Karsten Hartdegen

    What a great poem! God bless you

    • http://PurposefulPathway.com/ Caroline Gavin

      Thank you so very much, Karsten!
      May God richly bless your heart for Him!
      Always!

  • http://www.180coach.com/ Rob Clinton

    Well done, Caroline… My gratitude to those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for my freedom can’t be measured… Thank you for all those who have served, are serving, and will serve…

    • http://PurposefulPathway.com/ Caroline Gavin

      Thank you so much, Rob, for joining me in this prayer!
      God bless your compassionate heart!

      And I join you in thanking all who have served, are serving and will serve…

  • http://www.threedimensionalvitality.com/ Ann Musico

    God bless them all past, present and future – without them we couldn’t have the lives we do here. Beautiful that you bring the focus of this holiday back where it should be.

    • http://PurposefulPathway.com/ Caroline Gavin

      God bless you and your beautiful heart, Ann! How true: without these brave men and women we would not enjoy our lives as we do today. How blessed we are by their sacrifices; how blessed we are by the precious – and costly – gift of freedom! Thank you, my dear sister, for joining me in this prayer…