Celebrating July 4th
We are approaching the July 4th celebration of
our country’s independence, a day typically filled with flags, fireworks,
picnics, family gatherings and maybe a little chest pounding.
The Song of Peace, written by Lloyd Stone in 1934 and
sung to the melody of the “Finlandia” hymn, is a reminder that we are not so
unique; that everyone everywhere shares our hopes and dreams for peace and
prosperity. Until everyone enjoys the
‘inalienable rights’ we so often take for granted, we cannot truly be free. In what ways do you enjoy freedom that
others may not? How has God blessed you?
The Song of Peace
This is my song,
Oh God of all the nations,
A song of peace
for lands afar and mine.
This is my home,
the country where my heart is;
Here are my hopes,
my dreams, my sacred shrine.
But other hearts
in other lands are beating,
With hopes and
dreams as true and high as mine.
My country’s skies
are bluer than the ocean,
And sunlight beams
on cloverleaf and pine.
But other lands
have sunlight too and clover,
And skies are
everywhere as blue as mine.
Oh hear my song,
oh God of all the nations,
A song of peace
for their land and for mine.
May truth and
freedom come to every nation;
may peace abound
where strife has raged so long;
that each may seek
to love and build together,
a world united,
righting every wrong;
a world united in
its love for freedom,
proclaiming peace
together in one song.
Kathy Flynn, Candidate
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