One of my soldiers received a Red Cross message today that his father might not have long to live. If that is the case, please pray that this soldier would get home in time to be with his family. Odds are, a few more of these letters will be sent to soldiers over the course of this deployment. Death does not discriminate between intact families and those of the separated soldier. Please pray for peace and hope in Gospel during this time, for this family.
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal on your arm. For love is strong as death. Many waters cannot quench love. Neither can the floods drown it. It flames with flashes of fire--the very flame of the LORD. (SoS 8:6-7)
Each soldier carries a picture like this upon his heart:
May each hard separation anticipate an even greater reunion! And may we each, through the grace of Jesus Christ, find our ultimate reunion within the fold of the Good Shepherd.
