August 28, 2021
On this Satisfied Saturday, I am reminded of the appreciation I have for the folks who serve in the military. It has been an especially difficult time lately for those who have served in the last twenty years as the War on Terror in Afghanistan comes to an end - another war ending without a victory. There is much fear and danger there and fervent prayers are being said, along with much lament and frustration.
So today, as I witnessed another military honors ceremony being conducted at a gravesite, I was reminded of this prayer from the ELW Worship Book:
Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils that surround them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
Amen and amen. Thank you hardly seems enough, you good and faithful servants!
Blessings. And prayers.
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