I recently ran across this prayer, again, after 19 years tucked in a file and thought it is still as on point today, as it was in May, 2000. It was written by a teenager in Bagdad, Arizona. See if you don’t agree…
The New School Prayer
“Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.
If Scripture now the class recites
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple, orange or green
That’s no offense; it’s a freedom scene.
The law is specific; the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence we must meditate
God’s name is prohibited by the state.
We’re allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They’ve outlawed guns, but FIRST, the Bible
To quote the Good Book makes me liable!
We can elect a pregnant senior Queen
And the ‘unwed daddy’ our senior King
It’s ‘inappropriate’ to teach right from wrong
We’re taught that such ‘judgements’ do not belong.
We can get our condoms and birth control
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles,
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed
It’s scary here I must confess.
When chaos reigns the school’s a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make
Should I be shot, my soul to take!”
AMEN
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~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
