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Mystery-ak, This BUMPS for you!

A thank you to your husband and to you for all the support you give him.

And a prayful request to the Lord to give him strength in all he does.

Thank you for the thread, hoosiermama! This thread has been designated as an official destination for the Prayer Warrior Field Trips!

We have offered the following prayer for mystery-ak and his Mike on our prayer thread:

Beloved Merciful Father,

First of all, Father, we rejoice that our friend mystery-ak and his Mike will be able to have a reunion for several days. We call for Mike's safety in all his travels. We also ask for your blessing and overshadowing and protection of ALL our troops who are in any mode of transport whatsoever. Bless all who are engaged in or are soon to be engaged in their R&R leaves.

Over the last several days we have been stunned as the news has been unfolding of the helicopter crash containing our soldiers on their way to their much needed R&R. Father, we commend these precious soldiers, all of whom are too young, into your care and keeping. While these young soldiers were not actively bearing arms against the Enemy when they died, the Enemy was certainly perpetrating malicious warfare with the intent to demoralize our people into giving up on the ideals of Freedom and true Peace for the people in Iraq.

We remember at this time the ones who were wounded. Grant them healing, comfort, and inner peace to handle the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wounds that have taken place. Grant their loved ones an enormous capacity to understand that which is not understandable, and the ability to give their loved ones the support and encouragement which is the need of the hour.

Father, grant our people, our leaders, and our allies the continued Vision which is required to stay the course! Let not these young people have died in vain! Let not the lies of those who mutter and peep in the darkness begin to sound credible. Let the Truth refuting those lies be revealed clearly in every city, town, hamlet, home, and heart across this great nation. Father, we call forth the fervor of the early founding Patriots of Freedom. We call forth the commitment to back up with our vocal and active support and our treasure into the hands of those who are fighting the battles with their guns and bullets, and yes, helicopters. Father, lay upon the hearts of our leaders and those who have decision input the guidance of whatever is your Will and Plan in the unfoldment of events in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas of concern or potential conflict.

We ask that you will comfort, heal, and give extraordinary strength to those families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones. We have such a huge debt of gratitude to these who have given all and to their families who have surrendered their most precious treasure. Father, as we have prayed before, we pray again that you will convey directly to the hearts of those grieving a tangible knowing of that gratitude which we are at a loss to ever repay. We also pray that you will convey to each one who has given all, that same appreciation and knowledge of the honor in which we esteem them, and the pledge that we will not forget them and their service.

Father, we remember once more the words of William Stephenson, who reminds us that we MUST give an accountability of our lives in time of war.
"Dear Lord,
Lest I continue
My complacent way
Help me remember
Somewhere out there
A man died for me today
--As long as there be war
I then must
Ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?" *

Grant us the grace to know how to begin to make the answer turn out to be "yes."

We pray all this together, for we know that as we unite, the prayers we offer somehow become greater than what we as individuals can offer. We know and trust that according to your Laws that somehow there is a multiplication. Please, Father, maximize our prayer efforts. Join our own efforts from this forum with each and every prayer group and individual who may be praying for our troops throughout the world. Adjust all our prayers to be in alignment with your Holy Will.

We are grateful that you hear us, and that you will in turn speak to us in that quiet whisper which thunders in our hearts when we turn aside from the distractions and truly wait upon you.

Amen

*Taken from the book, "A Man Called Intrepid" by William Stevenson about William Stephenson, the head of British intelligence services prior to and during WWII. I HIGHLY recommend it!! ~ tex

I had the distinct privilege of sending care packages to Mystery-Ak and Mike's son Jonathan while he was here in Wisconsin earlier this year.

There are no nicer folks in all the world and I am proud to know them - even if it's only in cyber space.

God Bless them all.

We're glad you are home Mike and wish you could stay. Maybe you can print this thread and others like it and take them back with you to share with the troops so they can see they are always in our hearts and prayers.

Thanks and blessings for them all...

mystery please thank your husband for his wonderful service to our country. And thank you for being a military wife and military mom. Your family is so awesome. Bless you all. To Mike, enjoy your time at home, and be careful when you go back. We're all praying for you.

"The "do NOT disturb" sign is already placed on their door; they'll be busy ;~))

I don't know if the couple is planning on adding to the US population, but I always
get a smile from this historical perspective on military leave, according to
General George S. Patton, Jr.:

"...We don't want yellow cowards in this Army. They should be killed off like rats.
If not, they will go home after this war and breed more cowards.
The brave men will breed more brave men...."

(I hope this passage doesn't offend anyone's sensitivities...)