Public Prayer in our schools,streets,workplace,mass transit.

Darkness absorbs the light, why is that? Seems like a complicated question,
does it not?
Not really...darkness does not want you to see the light!

Our vision requires light to bounce off of objects around us and enter our eyes,
so that we may behold an object in our minds as something real, and not just a thought, randomly bouncing around in inside our heads.

This light keeps us from being lost in this life.
It keeps us from just bumping into each other,
not knowing where we are going, or where we may have already been.

Back to the darkness for a moment.
Let's take on drug addicts, one of my favorites.
Have you ever noticed they hide physically and emotionly behind darkness?

They tint their car windows so dark you can't see inside them.
They have dark rooms in their homes. I think it is so they can not physically
see or remind themselves how low they have gone down the tunnel of darkness.
Away from the light, the truth, the real answer to their needs.

Prayer in schools...whew!

I do not think we should stop worrying about it. After all,
our forefathers prayed for a new land on which to have the freedon
to worship aloud the Father of all fathers and mothers.

It is really all about gratitude.
Grateful to Him for having the public ,or otherwise, schools to be in
out of the extremes of weather.

Taking away this God given privilege of speech in general in public...
Is a selfish, backwards, communistic approach at controlling others...
because some others don't like it.

Excuse me here, folks...

Teacher to Johnny , " John Smith, are saying a prayer back there, did I just
hear you do that out loud? You know the rules in this school."

Johnny to teacher, " Yes Ma'am, my folks taught me to pray, taught me manners,too."

(class giggles)

(teacher) Class,class, be quiet...John, let's you and I go to the principal's
office right now!

(darkness took away the light)...



and complicated our lives...



What was the real disturbance in that classroom...
The prayer?
Or the darkness that seemed to prevail afterwards?

Satan deals in confusions...keeping you in the dark so to speak!
Mentally, and physically, in the dark!

We have to fight to keep the light on.
If we just sit and let it be taken away from us...satan has won
by default!!!

What were thoughts of all the rest of the children in that class?

If we are forced to make a decision based on someone else's belief system,
where is our freedom?


Where is it?

Hiding in darkness, looking for the light!!!!



(Principal) John were you saying a prayer in class?

(Johnny) Yes, Sir.

(Principal)Why?

(Johnny) Because my folks taught me to be thankful for things.

(Principal) Like what?

(Johnny) Like food, clothing, my dog, you know everyday things.
I didn't mean to disturb the other kids. But I had to say it. It
was in my heart.

(Principal) Well, I will let it slide this time, John. But no
more from now on, understood...? (darkness took away the light)


Back to class...

Boy I am not going to say any prayers in this class either.
A couple of others agree...why?

Darkness prevailed.
The children not strong enough in their faith yet were intimidated by
the establishment...kept in the dark about the real world of evil fighting
to keep them away from the light.

Some of the children made bad decisions that day from that experience.
Decisions based on biased information, not enough input yet in their
forming years.
They chose to be afraid...afraid of the teachers, of the school...
afraid to make a decision based on their feelings in their hearts.

Decisions that should be made by us, not for us!!@!