Memorial Day behind us,
The Fourth of July ahead,
Two days so vastly different …
One somber,
One joyous …
Yet, of each it can be said,
These days celebrate the best of us:
With tears for the fallen,
The brave who have died,
And cheers for the fireworks
That light the night sky.
Two holidays to honor
The joy and the pain,
To win freedom, so precious …
A cost with every gain.
And now we pause between the two,
The month of June is here.
Spring turns to summer,
Shimmer to shine …
Surprise,
We’re half-way
Through the year!
Dear Heavenly Father,
Day upon day upon day … and time goes slowly by until something is over … and then how quickly it passed … the hours, the days, the weeks, the months … the long years … all go by in haste. Nothing makes that clearer than history itself, so soon accomplished both in individual lives and nationally in a country’s historic sweep. We thank you for the founding of our great nation, America, for every sacrifice in lives and hardship to right wrongs and secure freedom … our never-ending story. Thank you for every month and year that passes, may we never take life for granted. Bless and keep us today, ever in your care.
In Your Holy Name.
Amen.
Invocation Poem and Prayer
Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society
Hendersonville, North Carolina
June 2, 2018
The Fourth of July ahead,
Two days so vastly different …
One somber,
One joyous …
Yet, of each it can be said,
These days celebrate the best of us:
With tears for the fallen,
The brave who have died,
And cheers for the fireworks
That light the night sky.
Two holidays to honor
The joy and the pain,
To win freedom, so precious …
A cost with every gain.
And now we pause between the two,
The month of June is here.
Spring turns to summer,
Shimmer to shine …
Surprise,
We’re half-way
Through the year!
Dear Heavenly Father,
Day upon day upon day … and time goes slowly by until something is over … and then how quickly it passed … the hours, the days, the weeks, the months … the long years … all go by in haste. Nothing makes that clearer than history itself, so soon accomplished both in individual lives and nationally in a country’s historic sweep. We thank you for the founding of our great nation, America, for every sacrifice in lives and hardship to right wrongs and secure freedom … our never-ending story. Thank you for every month and year that passes, may we never take life for granted. Bless and keep us today, ever in your care.
In Your Holy Name.
Amen.
Invocation Poem and Prayer
Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society
Hendersonville, North Carolina
June 2, 2018
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