Paul Harvey

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This is an acticle was sent to me by a friend of mine.  I thought it was
really interesting and I figured that others would like it to.  This was
published in my friend's newspaper and was written by Paul Harvey.

Man, oh, man!  They won't invite Pastor Joe to the Kansas State Legislature
again!
They invited Pastor Joe Wright of Wichita's Central Christian Chruch to
deliver the invocation - and he told God on them!  Now, God knows what
they've been up to!
No sooner had their guest chaplain concluded his prayer than three Democrats
on the state legislature were on their feet at microphones protesting, "He
can't talk like that about us!"  Rep. Delbert Gross considered the invocation
gross, calling it "divisive,"  "sanctimonious"  and "overbearing".

Rep. David Haley called it "blasphemous and ignorant".  Rep. Sabrina
Standifer echoed the indignation.  

What in the world did Pastor Joe say in Topeka that incited the righteous
wrath of three Democrats from Hays and Kansas City?  I've secured the entire
text of the invocation so you can evaluate it for yourself.

"Heavenly father, we come before you today to ask Your forgiveness and to
seek Your direction and guidance.  We know Your word says, 'Woe to those who
call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.  We have lost our
spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values.

We confess that we have idiculed the absolute truth of Your word in the name
of moral pluralism.  We have worshipped other gods and called it
'multiculturalism'.  We have endorsed perversion and called it 'an
alternative lifestyle'.  We have exploited the poor and called it a
'lottery'.  We have neglected the needy and called it 'self-preservation'.
 We have rewarded laziness and called it 'welfare'.  In the name of 'choice,'
we have killed our unborn.  In the name of 'right to life' , we have killed
abortionists.  We have neglected to discipline our children and called it
'building esteem.'  We have abused power and called it political savvy.'
 We've coveted our neighbors' possessions and called it 'taxes'. We've
polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it 'freedom of
expression'.  We've ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and
called it 'enlightenment'.  

Search us, oh God, and know our hearts today.  Try us, and show us any wicked
in us.  Cleanse us from every sin, and set us free.  Guide and bless these
men and women who have been sent here by the people of Kansas and who have be
ordained by You to govern this great state.  

Grant them Your wisdom to rule, and may their decisions direct us to the
center of Your will.  I ask it in the name of your son, the living Savior,
Jesus Christ.  Amen.

I hope ya'll enjoy this as much as I did!

Sincerely;
Sis. Brenda