JANUARY 2007

LET US NOT FORGET OUR TROOPS

I STARTED READING MY DEVOTIONAL READINGS FROM THE NEW BIBLE MY DAUGHTER AND FAMILY BOUGHT ME FOR CHRISTMAS AND GOD PUT IT ON MY HEART AS I WAS RE-READING GENESIS ABOUT CREATION. AS I READ I AM REMINDED OF CAIN AND ABEL AND THE FIRST LOSS OF LIFE. YES, WAR IS NOT NEW TO US BUT TO WE WHO HAVE YOUNG SON'S, HUSBANDS, FATHERS, GRANDSONS IN THE ARMED SERVICES: LET US NOT FORGET TO SUPPORT THEM IN PRAYER.

AS A YOUNG WOMAN SHARED IN MY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS LAST SUNDAY SHE REMINDED US OF THE WAR GOING ON ACROSS OUR SEAS IN WHICH OUR MEN ARE SERVING TO HELP A COUNTRY TO HAVE A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT. GOD GAVE US THE WHOLE EARTH TO CARE AND TEND TO BUT YET IN US IS THE WILL TO HAVE FREEDOM AND PEACE IN OUR JOURNEY.

SO MANY HAVE LOSSES AND MY HEART HAS NOT FORGOTTEN THE BRAVE MEN WHO ARE DEFENDING AND HAVE DEFENDED THIS COUNTRY IN WHICH I HAVE THE PRIVILAGE TO LIVE IN. EXODUS 14:13 SAYS: "DO NOT BE AFRAID, STAND STILL, AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD, WHICH HE WILL ACCOMPLISH FOR YOU TODAY."

I AM NOT FORGETTING YOU FAMILIES WHO HAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE SERVICE. I PRAY FOR GOD TO STAND FAST FOR YOU AS YOU ARE SEPARATED FROM THE LAND YOU LOVE. ITS A BRAND NEW YEAR AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL COME HOME SOON ... I PRAY GOD TO PLANT HEDGES AROUND EACH ONE OF YOU AND KEEP YOU KEEN IN ALL YOU ARE DOING ...

I AM THANKFUL FOR YOU TODAY AND THIS NEW YEAR OF 2007 ... I PRAISE GOD FOR YOU BRAVERY, YOUR COMMITMENT, AND YOUR HEARTS THAT SAID YES TO THE UNKNOWN. THAT IS WHAT MY 2007 WILL BE FOCUSED ON THIS YEAR ... SUPPORTING YOU WITH PRAYER AND NOT FORGETTING THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN A LAND SO FILLED WITH UNREST AND HATE.

GOD KNEW WHEN HE CREATED MAN THAT THERE WOULD BE REBELLION AND FROM THE FIRST ONE WHO SOUGHT OUT ABEL IT CONTINUES STILL IN THIS DAY WE LIVE IN. AS I THINK OF YOU ALL FAR FROM HOME ... MY PRAYER IS THAT GOD WOULD BRING YOU HOME AND THAT YOU WOULD BE WELCOMED WITH WIDE OPEN ARMS FROM OUR WONDERFUL COUNTRY ... USA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SERVING AND KEEPING OUR HOMELAND SAFE ... THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON THE TASK FOR WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED TOO ... THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING A FIGHT FOR HUMANITY ACROSS OUR SEAS ... MOST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A GIFT FROM GOD ... FREEDOM ... SWEET FREEDOM