Posted on 08/04/2011 6:16:23 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God
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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.
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God Bless Our Republic
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
Prayers going up
In.
IN!
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Have I bin sleepin' ?
Yay! Friday!!! We can NEVER forget the guys and gals that make
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Never Forget.
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When our youngest son joined the Army, we knew that challenges lay ahead. We knew that he would face danger and be tested physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We also knew that in some ways our home would never fully be his home again. In the months leading up to his departure, my wife and I steeled ourselves for these challenges.
Then the day came when Mark had to report. We hugged and said our goodbyes, and then he walked into the recruiting station, leaving me with a moment for which I was decidedly unprepared. The pain of that hard goodbye felt unbearable. At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, I cant remember when I have wept as hard as I did that day. The hard goodbye, and the sense of loss it delivered, cut me to the heart.
In such moments, I am thankful to have a heavenly Father who knows what it is to be separated from a beloved Son. I am thankful to have a God who is described as a father of the fatherless, a defender of widows (Ps. 68:5). I believe that if He cares for the orphaned and the widows in their loneliness, He will also care for me and comfort meeven in those moments when I face the struggles that accompany hard goodbyes.
Read: Psalm 68:1-10
God Bless our Troops!
Thank you!
Aloha, Hawaii...((HUGS))...any interesting adventures today?
We had a 50th birthday party for a friend today....black iced cake, black napkins, black plates, and all sorts of cutouts on his office walls and door and window decrying his advanced age. Fun!
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