MacArthur's Prayer For His Son

Here's what General Douglas MacArthur wrote in the last days of the war in the Philippines. I think Douglas MacArthur is a great American and a great man, and I love to read things about Douglas MacArthur. But here's what he said in those desperate days. He wrote this as he thought about his son, and he said this: "Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. Build me a son whose wishbone will not be where his backbone should be; a son who will know Thee and that to know himself is the …