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Say what they will, I will not be silenced. \u00a0I pray to God for the peace and strength needed by those who lost loved ones to this horrific war. \u00a0I pray for those who died so horribly and needlessly. \u00a0I pray for our nation, and its ability to set aside our failed partisan solutions and look deeply into our own hearts and souls and see what it is we might be part of that has brought about the problems of our age.<\/p>\n

And I pray for my children, that they may be able to endure the world we adults have prepared for them.<\/p>\n

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.<\/i> 2 Chronicles 7:14 (not a violation of priorities, by the way).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"