PRAYER BOX
30,000 more troops have been slotted for deployment to the Middle East. Our prayer is that these brave men and women will all come home safe to the families that love them. That the leaders in Washington have the wisdom to do what is the right thing for our country and our troops that they are sending to fight this war. Some of these men and women have been there before, some have never been. All of them are in our thoughts and prayers daily. As Christmas approaches I can only imagine what they are going through being away from family and friends. We are reaching out across the miles to say Merry Christmas to you all.
Our Prayers go out to all who are involved in this war, to their family and friends and to our Leaders that they make the right decisions each and every day to protect our men and women serving and protectiong all of us. Thank you for all that you do to take care of us.
Thank you for your continued prayers and God bless you all!
Please keep the 39th Brigade Combat Team - Arkansas Army National Guard, N. Little Rock in your prayers.
I would like to add some names to our prayer list. They are Roy G Garner,in Missouri and for Amadore, and Trey in Texas.. Roy G. and Amadore are suffering the affects of cancer and need all our prayers and good will to get them through the ravages of treatment. Trey is in a coma from a devestating Motorcycle accident and needs our prayers also. Please keep them in your prayers as this war is not only on foriegn soil it hits hard here at home in many forms.
Please continue to keep the Templeton brothers, Mike & Brian, as well as their families in your prayers.
We sometimes forget about the sacrifices being made at home by the families of our service members.
Let's not forget those who keep the home fires burning and the struggles they must endure while their loved one is defending freedom for all.
Rita's Writin'....
Rita Stirewalt , 2009 Greetings from Rita
By Rita Stirewalt For Project Keeping Cadence Each dawn will bring uncertainty Wonderful memories, are yet to be made Dear God, my heart is screaming I raised him as you asked of me Do you really know the pain I feel He’s the gift that made my life complete His decision to defend a country IF A SOLDIER RISKS HIS LIFE FOR YOU, IS HE DESERVING OF A SMALL “THANK YOU”?
A Mother’s Plea
For the wealth of life is unclear
Is this the day, God will take from us
The things we hold so dear
So vivid is the day you were born,
In the miracle of birth
To the greatest responsibility
Given to me, by God on Earth
I nourished you and kept you safe
From the demons outside my reach
But I really wasn’t prepared, my love
For realities, life does not teach
For the things that I dreamt for you
But war has plucked you from my heart
To do what a man has to do
Every step in war is uncertain
Could this building be a trap?
You cautiously approach the site
Preventing the slightest mishap
For a foreign country’s freedom
And bringing closure to their strife
Is the mission you were given
Which ultimately, may cost your life
From the silence of my soul
Protect the child you gave to me
That made my life so whole
Teaching You are the King of Kings
Guiding him in Christian life
Away from what hell brings
How can you think of taking him, Lord
When I trusted you to keep
Him safe as he fights for peace, by day
And cries himself to sleep
Of a mother out of control
I have no say in the things he does
It’s beginning to take it’s toll
To loose him in this battle
Is a pain I cannot endure
Can you hear my plea, protect him, God
Return him safe and secure
The apple of my eye,
The miracle you gave to me
And now I ask you why
If I raised him as a child of God
To love and give of himself
Is it fair of me to expect of you
To return him in good health?
In the ravages of war
Gaining freedom for the innocent
The humble, meek and poor
Do you hear my cries, do hear me Lord
I’m screaming from my soul
Protect my child, return him home
When our country has met it’s goal
