Thursday, November 10, 2005

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 alone 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 "judgments" do not belong.

We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.

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 please take!
Amen

1 Comments:

At 5:02 PM, November 12, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi there Ms. Devine:

Your words are well written and you have some interesting points.

In 1987 I was a pregnant 11th grader. My school counselor wanted me to quit school or to be "homeschooled", but instead I stayed in high school. I wasn't the "senior queen", but I wasn't anything awful either. I was just me.

I now have a great 18 year old son and a great family. I also am really down with God and my feelings about him. I know that God never thought that I was something bad because I stayed in high school, even though I was pregnant.

Sometimes "judgments do not belong." God is really the only one who needs to do that. Hope you never find yourself in a spot where people think you're inappropriate to God.

 

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