Shane, our younger son’s roommmate and friend since the third grade, is shipping out to Iraq today with his company of Marines from Camp Lejune. The plan is this company will return home in March. Shane hopes to have enough money saved by then to buy a car.
Please pray for Shane’s safety and for the safety of the others whose names I do not know. May they come home soon. And while I hate war, I believe in supporting our soldiers with our prayers, letters, cards, e-mail messages, and respect. These soldiers, who are going into harm’s way, are fine young Americans and barely men or women. They are doing what they believe is right for our country and what they think is an opportunity for themselves.
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August 19, 2007 at 3:59 pm
dean
I have had 2 cousins in the war, and prayers protected them and brought them both home!! I will remember Shane daily in prayer. Peace
August 19, 2007 at 4:08 pm
helenl
Thank you, Dean.
August 19, 2007 at 10:59 pm
writeathome
I will keep Shane in my prayers.
August 19, 2007 at 11:04 pm
helenl
Thank you, Carol.
August 20, 2007 at 12:54 am
Shirley
Shane has my support, and I will certainly hold him up in prayer. I admire his dedication to this cause and to his country. I, too, hate war. God help our leaders to do the right thing, to have courage and wisdom.
God bless our troops…God bless America.
August 20, 2007 at 1:33 am
Deborah
There is a balm in Gilead I pray for my husband to be set free from his sick soul he filed for divorce and is now living with another woman our home is on the market to be sold I need prayer
August 20, 2007 at 1:35 am
Deborah
Shane May God get the glory out of your life. Let God use you like Samuel
August 20, 2007 at 6:20 am
hopeful
All those soldiers are in my prayers. On both sides. My cousin is being sent to Iraq as well.
August 20, 2007 at 8:22 am
helenl
Hi Shirley, Thank you for your prayers.
Hi Deborah, Welcome to my blog. You and your husband and the other woman will be in my prayers. Thank you for praying for Shane.
Hi Sarah, Thank you. I agree; we need to pray for the soldiers on both sides. I will be in prayer for your cousin, also.
August 20, 2007 at 9:06 am
earthpal
Shane has my sincere support too. May he keep himself and his buddies safe, may he help protect innocent Iraqi citizens and may he help rebuild Iraq.
August 20, 2007 at 9:08 am
earthpal
“God bless America” Shirley
Indeed. And the rest of the world.
August 20, 2007 at 10:24 am
Jana Allard
I will keep Shane in my prayers. We have a dear woman in our church whose son just returned from Irag. Our church held him in prayer the entire time he was in Irag. His mother testified at service the other night and stated how during the time he was in Irag she was so distraught. He had called her one time and asked for more prayer because there was shelling all around the area in which he worked. It was at that time she was reminded of a message she once heard that contained an illustration about a painting of a small bird sitting in the cleft of a rock singing while a terrible storm with lightning was surrounding the bird. When she recalled that message, she immediately thought, “God has my Alex in the cleft of the rock and that storm is the war.” This thought gave her the encouragement she needed. I pray God keeps Shane and his company in the cleft of the rock with a band of angels surrounding them.
August 20, 2007 at 10:29 am
helenl
Thank you Jana.
March 27, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Shane Is Home, A Prayer Answered « Windows Toward the World
[…] Poverty, and War, Prayer My position against the war is unchanged, but I am very thankful that my prayer that Shane return unharmed from Iraq has been answered. About 5:30 pm, Shane came home to the apartment he shares with our younger son. Tomorrow, I […]