[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

(Click on praying hands above, or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[E.G.C.]

A nice getnle rain without all the thunder lightning, hail, winds and stuff would be great.

[Radix]

 

Troops from 4th Brigade, 1st Field Artillery, 1st Armored Division inspect the damage caused by an unidentified remote controlled bomb that injured two soldiers in Baghdad, Iraq.

 

 

 

An unidentified member of the 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division sits on sentry duty in Sinjar, Iraq.

 

 

 

A soldier holds his 9mm pistol as he rests in the shade after one of numerous protests Wednesday in Baghdad. Coalition soldiers have begun to tire of dealing with frustrated local Iraqis who expect a speedy resolution to the problems plaguing the newly emerging regime.

 

 

 

A Syrian train crosses the border of Rabiyah and neighboring Syria on Wednesday as part of the resumed rail service between the two countries. The train will run to Mosul carrying freight and passengers.

 

 

 

A soldier with 4th Brigade, 1st Field Artillery, 1st Armored Division reminds a Baghdad driver Thursday that he must remove his window tint or the car will be confiscated under coalition military law.

 

 

 

A soldier with 4th Brigade, 1st Field Artillery, 1st Armored Division inspects the damage caused by an unidentified remote controlled bomb Thursday in Baghdad.

 

 

 

Soldiers with the 1st Armored Division guard the scene after insurgents attacked an armored personnel carrier in Baghdad killing two soldiers and injuring two others Thursday.

 

 

 

Pfc. Samuel Wright, 20, of C Company, 326th Engineering Battalion, 101st Airborne Division carries a picture of Saddam Hussein found during a patrol Wednesday in Sinjar.

 

 

 

Spc. Juan Carlos Sanchez hugs his mother upon his return Wednesday to Weslaco, Texas, from Kuwait after a six-month deployment with 349th Personnel Services Detachment.

 

 

 

Pfc. Eleazar Craig, a journalist with the Army 28th Public Affairs Detachment, records the Wednesday departure of a C-17 from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., carrying the Army Stryker Brigade Combat Team to its training in South Korea.

 

 

 

Members of a Stryker Brigade Combat Team drive their new Stryker combat vehicle after landing at Osan air base near Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday.

 

 

 

South Korean soldiers come out from a CH-47 during a Thursday military exercise against North Korea at Yeonki village of Chungnamdo province.