We present to you John Mike, asking for protection for him from all possible harm in connection with his assignment to help the unfortunate victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Equip him to deal with the realities of a kind of life hitherto unknown. Give him courage and strength, and fill him with the certainty YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE with him.
He no doubt already knows You and trusts you, and is stepping out on his own, away from high school and family and the familiar; his first strides into his manhood.
We all are Your Children, in need of grace and guidance and wisdom,
but we ask special watchfulness for our fledglings.
We praise and thank You for the Gift of Your own Son. Amen.
Thanks Maggie.. smooch! (BTW, his dad was a Marine/medic in Vietnam era & currently a sheriff deputy)