DO IT AGAIN LORD, DO IT AGAIN

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/1722c0f0.gif" border=0 width="300" height="271" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/173b8870.gif" border=0 width="184" height="135" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> DO IT AGAIN LORD, DO IT AGAIN</div> <div>  </div> <div> <B> Dear Lord,</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>We're still hoping we'll wake up We're still </B></div> <div> <B>hoping  we'll open a sleepy eye and think, </B></div> <div> <B>"What a horrible dream."</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>But we won't, will we, Father? What we saw</B></div> <div> <B>was not a dream. Planes did  gouge towers. </B></div> <div> <B>Flames did consume our fortress. People </B></div> <div> <B>did perish.  It was  no dream and, dear </B></div> <div> <B>Father, we are sad.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>There is a ballet dancer who will no longer </B></div> <div> <B>dance and a doctor who will no  longer </B></div> <div> <B>heal. A church has lost her priest, a </B></div> <div> <B>classroom is minus a teacher.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Cora ran a food pantry. Paige was a </B></div> <div> <B>counselor and Dana, dearest Father,  </B></div> <div> <B>Dana was only three years old.  </B></div> <div> <B>(Who held her in those final moments?)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>We are sad, Father. For as the innocent </B></div> <div> <B>are buried, our innocence is  buried as </B></div> <div> <B>well. We thought we were safe. Perhaps </B></div> <div> <B>we should have known  better. </B></div> <div> <B>But we didn't. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>And so we come to you. We don't ask </B></div> <div> <B>you for help; we beg you for it. We  </B></div> <div> <B>don't request it; we implore it. </B></div> <div> <B>We know what you can do. We've read </B></div> <div> <B>the  accounts. We've pondered the </B></div> <div> <B>stories and now we plead, </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>"Do it again, Lord.  Do it again."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Remember Joseph? You rescued him </B></div> <div> <B>from the pit. You can do the same for us.</B></div> <div> <B>Do it again, Lord.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Remember the Hebrews in Egypt? You </B></div> <div> <B>protected their children from the angel  </B></div> <div> <B>of death.  We have children too, Lord. </B></div> <div> <B>Do it again.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>And Sarah? Remember her prayers?  </B></div> <div> <B>You heard them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Joshua? Remember his fears?  You </B></div> <div> <B>inspired him.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The women at the tomb?  You resurrected </B></div> <div> <B>their hope.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>The doubts of Thomas?  You took them </B></div> <div> <B>away.  Do it again, Lord Do it again.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>You changed Daniel from a captive into </B></div> <div> <B>a king's  counselor You took Peter  the </B></div> <div> <B>fisherman and  made him Peter an apostle. </B></div> <div> <B>Because of you, David went  from leading </B></div> <div> <B>sheep to leading armies.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Do it again, Lord, for we need counselors </B></div> <div> <B>today, Lord. We need apostles.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>We need leaders.  Do it again, dear Lord.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Most of all, do again what you did at </B></div> <div> <B>Calvary.  What we saw here last  Tuesday, </B></div> <div> <B>you saw there that Friday.  Innocence </B></div> <div> <B>slaughtered. Goodness murdered.  </B></div> <div> <B>Mothers weeping.  Evil dancing. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Just as the smoke eclipsed our  morning, </B></div> <div> <B>so the darkness fell on your Son.  Just as </B></div> <div> <B>our towers were  shattered, the very Tower </B></div> <div> <B>of Eternity was pierced.  And by dusk, </B></div> <div> <B>heaven's sweetest song was silent, buried </B></div> <div> <B>behind a rock.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>But you did not waver, O Lord.  You did not </B></div> <div> <B>waver.  After three days in a  dark hole, you </B></div> <div> <B>rolled the rock and rumbled the earth and </B></div> <div> <B>turned the  darkest Friday into the brightest</B></div> <div> <B> Sunday.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>  </B></div> <div> <B>Do it again, Lord. Grant us a  September</B></div> <div> <B>Easter.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>We thank you, dear Father, for these hours </B></div> <div> <B>of unity.  Christians are  praying with Jews.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Republicans are standing with Democrats. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Skin colors  have been covered by the ash </B></div> <div> <B>of burning buildings.  We thank you for these</B></div> <div> <B>hours of unity.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>And we thank you for these hours of prayer. </B></div> <div> <B>The Enemy sought to bring us  to our knees </B></div> <div> <B>and succeeded. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>He had no idea, however, that we would kneel</B></div> <div> <B>before you.  And he has no idea what you can </B></div> <div> <B>do. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Let your mercy be upon our President, Vice </B></div> <div> <B>President, and their families.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Grant to those who lead us wisdom beyond </B></div> <div> <B>their years and experience.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Have mercy upon the souls who have </B></div> <div> <B>departed and the wounded who remain.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Give us grace that we might forgive and </B></div> <div> <B>faith that we might believe.  And  look </B></div> <div> <B>kindly upon your church.  For two </B></div> <div> <B>thousand years you've used her to heal </B></div> <div> <B>a hurting world. </B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Do it again, Lord Do it again</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> Through Christ, Amen.</B></div> <div> <B> DO IT AGAIN, LORD </B></div> <div> <B> Max Lucado © September 15, 2001</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="God_bless.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GOD BLESS AMERICA"><U><B><</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="God_bless.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GOD BLESS AMERICA"><U><B>BACK TO PATRIOTIC</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="gloryL.htm." 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