FULL GOSPEL MISSION887 W. Spruce Avenue, Ravenna, OH 44266Rev. Barbara A. Davis, Pastor
July 1, 2012 Pastors Pen: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA 2012---- February of 1945 Joe Rosenthal pulled out his camera and clicked a photo that would later become the most reproduced photograph in the history of photography: Five young Marines planting the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima. The photo of these young men raising the flag was splashed across the front page of every paper in the country, and for months papers republished the photo. Newspapers were saved, posters were purchased, the photo appeared everywhere, people could not get enough of the photo.
Why is that? Why did people become so emotionally connected to this image of the flag? Why is it that even today, we as Americans are taken back every time we see the photo of these men struggling with the stars and strips? Our flag, though it is a piece of fabric, our flag, though it has no power on its own, our flag, though it is only a material object, even though our flag is only a flag, our flag, the banner of the United State of America IS one of the most powerful symbols in the world today.
It represents freedom. It represents the removal of tyranny from our lives. It represents hope. We see our flag and we know what a blessing we have been given to be citizens of this country. Others look at our flag and dream of a better life, they dream of a freedom that might one day be theirs.
Throughout our history, men and women have willingly laid down their lives defending it. Today men and women are deployed around the globe with the pledge to defend and preserve our flag. Even our children start their school day with a pledge of allegiance to our flag.
Let us not forget that our national anthem also pays honor to our flag. There is not a day that goes by that somewhere in our nation the Star Spangled Banner is sung and many times, by the last line, there is not a dry eye in the crowed. We stand together, our hands over our hearts and we sing about a raging battle where finally in the dawns early light, our flag, high above the fray, was still there….the impossible happened, we held out, we fought the fight, we persevered and our hope is assured. Surely God had preserved us.
What emblem’s the Flag and the Cross--both stand for freedom!!!!!
personal Arthur Wilson--health Rev. Robert Opdyke--lost his wife Rev. Ron & Joyce Beaver--healthSister Bishop & Sylvia--Recovery/surgery RC & Esther Calvary CrusadeRev. Donnie Turner--Health Rev. Mack Turner--health Sister Rachael-burdensDCONGRATULATIONS TO Rev. Barb Davis-Kingsbury on graduating with honor as Valedictorian of the Dental Assistant degree from FORTIS---way to go Barbie--We are so proud of you----your family--love ya Bear!!!!JOKE OF THE WEEK: Why did the duck say "Bang!"? Because he was a firequacker!What protest by a group of dogs occurred in 1773? The Boston Flea Party!What did one flag say to the other flag? Nothing. It just waved!
Where did George Washington buy his hatchet? At the chopping mall!Why did Paul Revere ride his horse from Boston to Lexington?
Because the horse was too heavy to carry!Why did the British cross the Atlantic? To get to the other tide!Did you hear the one about the Liberty Bell? Yeah, it cracked me up!Why is the Liberty Bell like a dropped Easter egg? Because they're both cracked!Teacher: "Who wrote `Oh say, can you see?"' Student: "An eye doctor?"How is a healthy person like the United States? They both have good constitutions!What kind of tea did the American colonists thirst for? Liberty!HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY 4TH
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