Whoa! With all the gangs and the increasing violence in our
schools, what in the world is happening with our kids today?

Let's see...I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare
complained that she didn't want any prayer in our schools.
And we said OK.

Then someone said you had better not read the Bible in school
--the Bible that says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
and love your neighbor as yourself.
And we said OK.

Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when
they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
and we might damage their self-esteem.
And we said, an expert should know what he's talking about,
so we won't spank them anymore.

Then someone said that teachers and principals better not discipline
our children when they misbehave.   And the school administrators said
no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they
misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely
don't want to be sued.
And we accepted their reasoning.

Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they
want, and they won't even have to tell their parents.
And we said, that's a grand idea.

Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and
they're going to 'do it'  anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they
want, so they can have all the 'fun' they desire, and we won't have to tell
their parents they got them at school.
And we said, that's another great idea.

And then some of our top elected officials said that it doesn't matter
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs.  And agreeing with them,
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.

And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
and call it wholesome down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the
female body.
And we said we have no problem with that.

And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published
pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them available on the internet.
And we said, they're entitled to their free speech.

And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that
promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex.  And let's record music that encourages homosexuality, rape, drugs, murder, suicide and satanic themes.
And we said, it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effects,
and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.

Therefore, now we're asking ourselves why our children have no
conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it
doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and
themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure
it out.  I think it has a great deal to do with....
'we reap what we sow'
(This was passed on by a man named Clarence Schultz)

"Kicked Out of School"
(copyright 1999 by Dr Gene Howard)
Be sure and visit his page.  They are marvelous.
http://www.genehoward.com

All over the grounds of the school the bodies of students lay,
And parents and students everywhere were starting to pray.
Now our God is allowed back on the campus of the school,
But not any other time for you see it is against the Federal rule.

The Supreme court said we must not allow prayer by students,
Or allow on the walls of our schools the Ten Commandments.
They said, 'If they read them they may think and become reflective
and could possibly obey them,
and this is not a permissible objective.'

We replaced God with humanism and the religion of evolution,
And placed in the mind of our students the elements of confusion.
We tell them not to kill others, yet teach the toughest will survive.
Get what you want in life, it's justified as long as you can stay alive.

We have tried to make our schools safe by putting in metal detectors.
But guns and knives are not the problem,
It is simply the social reflectors.
For if all weapons were kept out, it would not give students purpose or love,
A change in the heart is needed and that's best done with help from above.

Remember when we had prayer, and God's
commandments were read.
And chewing gum and being tardy were the
worst problems that we had.
Now murder, drugs, assault, teen pregnancy and
survival of the fittest rule.
But guns and knives were never a problem,
'Til we kicked God out of school.

Folks, I think, we need to take a close look at what WE can do to
get prayer back into our lives, everywhere..

Mary had a little Lamb,
His fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
The Lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school each day,
When it wasn't against the rules.
He made the children laugh and play,
To have a Lamb at school.

Then the rules changed one day,
Against the law it became.
To bring the Lamb of God to school,
Or even speak His Name.

Every day got worse and worse,
And days turned into years.
Instead of hearing children laugh and play,
You heard them crying tears.

What must we do to stop the crime,
That's in our schools today?
Let the Lamb come back to school,
And teach our kids to pray.
(Author unknown)

Make our schools safe......Pray!