My Warriors

I gotta give a shout out to my brother who is serving in the military right now overseas, and he sent me these pictures and this verse. Deuteronomy 31:6 "Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you."

I'm "Kid" by the way.  ;O)  It meant so much to me to get this email this morning.  Thinking about the battles they face daily over there, made me also think about the spiritual battles we face daily in each of our lives.  Just imagine you had a crew of guys like what is shown in that first picture following you around in your spiritual world, with AK-40 somethings and looks that could kill, just waiting to annihilate whatever came at you.  Wouldn't we be that much more courageous and strong, with coverage like that!!  In reality, we do have that.  The verse my brother sent says God goes with us always, and who can stand against God?  And Psalm 91 says that God will command his angels concerning us, to guard us in all our ways.  That is my prayer for these guys as well.  And speaking of prayers, I need to mention, that since all this has happened, I have literally found out daily of another person who is currently going through a battle with cancer, or who has recently battled cancer, and it makes my heart hurt.  So I want to give this verse to all of them as well, to encourage them not to give up, and to fight!  Pam, Elaine, Debbie, Tiffany, David, Carolina, Tex, Jeri, Susan, Gloria, Enza, Debbie (another one), Eleanor, Pam, Jamie, Tara, Anne, and Joan...I am praying for each of you daily, and I ask that as many of you that are reading this blog and praying for me, that you would pray for them as well.  I had a guy come up to me at work and tell me that he was doing his best to remember to pray for me daily, but it is sometimes hard for him to remember because he gets so wrapped up in the stuff going on in his own life.  And I thought, that has been so true for me too.  It is so easy to get wrapped up in our own stuff that we forget about all the other struggles that so many others are facing.  So I pray for him, and his family, and when I get these emails, day after day, of another person who is fighting cancer, it reminds me that I am not alone, and it spurs me on to pray and fight for and with you too!  1 Peter 5:6-11 says it all.  "I humble myself under God's mighty hand.  He will exalt me whenever and however He chooses.  I cast all my anxieties on Him, because He cares for me.  I am sober and watchful, because my adversary is seeking to destroy me.  I resist the devil.  I am firm in my faith, and I know that many are experiencing the same suffering that I am.  I will only suffer a little while, because the God of all grace, who has called me to be with Him forever in heaven, will himself RESTORE, CONFIRM, STRENGTHEN, and ESTABLISH me.  To Him be the dominion forever and ever.  Amen.  I will have peace because I am in Christ."  I paraphrased, because that is how I wrote it in my journal ;O)