A COWBOY'S PRAYER
OUR GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER,
WE PAUSE IN THE MIDST OF THIS FESTIVE OCCASION,
MINDFUL AND THOUGHTFUL OF THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US.
AS COWBOY'S AND COWGIRL'S LORD, WE DON'T ASK FOR ANY SPECIAL FAVORS.
WE ASK ONLY THAT YOU LET US COMPETE IN THE ARENA, AS IN LIFE'S ARENA.
WE DON'T ASK TO HAVE THE BEST HORSE, FASTEST GUNS, OR RUN THE SHORTEST TIMES.
WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US TO COMPETE AS HONEST AS THE HORSES WE RIDE
AND IN A MANNER AS CLEAN AND PURE A THE WIND THAT BLOWS ACROSS THIS
GREAT LAND OF OURS.
SO WHEN WE DO MAKE THAT LAST RIDE THAT IS INEVITABLE FOR US ALL TO MAKE, TO THAT PLACE UP THERE, WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND LUSH AND STIRRUP HIGH AND THE WATER RUNS COOL, CLEAR AND DEEP.
YOU'LL TELL US AS WE RIDE IN ---WELCOME TO HEAVEN, COWBOY OR COWGIRL, YOUR ENTRY FEES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID.
LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER ALL THE SOLDIERS THAT ARE IN FOREIGN LAND.
WE ALSO, WANT TO THANK ANY PERSON THAT HAS SERVED OR IS SERVING AND WILL SERVE.
THESE THINKS WE ASK.
AMEN.