Heavenly Father, today my prayer is that you provide rest for the souls of the brave. My heart breaks over the precious lives lost. My mind drifts to those places where our heroes souls rest. Oh please Father, let them rest knowing their sacrifice will NOT be forgotten.
As I remember these brave souls, I pray too for those currently serving our country. As they stand ready to protect, rest probably doesn't come easy. But oh how desperately rest must be needed.
And their precious families trying ever so bravely to wait for their return home. They hold tightly to letters sent home with the comfort of knowing those pieces of paper were touched with the hands of the one they love. A glimpse of their face by grace of technology provides them with needed hope to get through another day. Oh Father how their souls must need rest.
Maybe these are my prayers because of my own need for rest... rest from the worry that builds over soon sending my husband off to protect our country.
There is this one prayer I have Father, that is almost too hard to say, but I know you ask us to pray for our enemies too. So I include them in my prayers. My prayer is that you are able to find your way into their souls and give them rest. Because my heart tells me if they really knew you the evil that resides in them would begin to fade away.
Oh how I pray we all find rest in you.
In Jesus' name. Amen.
Linking up with Lisa Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday
What a beautiful prayer! I was praying for our soldiers this morning. I pray you have rest today from your worries. Thank you for the gift you and your family have given so that your husband could serve. I know that it can't be easy. It is appreciated.
ReplyDeleteThank you! And thank you for praying for our military. Blessings to you.
DeleteDear Beth
ReplyDeleteOh, this is soooo true. If our enemies can just taste and see that our Pappa God is good, their hearts will change. Who can resist His love!!? Visiting via FMF.
Much love
Mia
Thank you, Mia. We just need to keep on praying. Thanks for stopping by. Blessings to you.
DeleteWe often pray for rest ourselves but also wonderful to pray for others, even our enemies.
ReplyDeleteHere came my tears. What a lovely post!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ashley.
Deletea really lovely prayer.. i dated (was supposed to marry...) a man in the air force.. when he was deployed in kuwait we wrote letters every day for half a year.. in the end, the mental toll the deployment took on him brought his world crashing down, and we are no longer together.. i think it's so important that we pray for our heroes, because they're going through far more than just physical trials... thank you for posting :)
ReplyDeleteIt is so important that we continue to keep on praying for them even once they return home. The war for many of them continues in a different way. I pray the this man has found some peace. Thank you for keeping all of our military in your prayers.
DeleteThis is beautiful Beth. And as a military wife, thank you, thank you! We do feel forgotten, especially with all that is going on right now, and it warmed my heart today to read this and know that not everyone has forgotten us. So thank you again!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you found your way here to read. Thank you to your family!
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