Are We Doing Enough?

I have to ask, are you doing enough to help support the men and women of our armed forces? I live in a small community (that is growing) that has a military base in it and one up the highway from it and I would like to think I am doing enough. But am I really? Have we stopped by a single parents home and asked her or him, if you could take their kids out to give them a break for a while, or mow their lawn, ot cook them a meal. Have you just called them out of the blue and asked them how their day is going? They deserve our love and attention.
Love thy neighbor is what Jesus commanded and these brave men and women deserve nothing but the best. Spouses as well as the deployed soldiers. They must endure new surroundings without their mates. They must take care of the home and the children alone. Church it is time to wake up.


I know I am not doing enough and it is time. If we as children of the Risen God do not step up to the plate, who will? Some hideous cult? Some off the wall organization only pretending to Christian? I say No way! I say it is time to show our soldiers how much we love them and appreciate their sacrifice. I am proud to say that their are men and women at my church who are currently serving in Iraq right now. And recently they were told that theirr spouses would have to spend a few more months in Iraq, only days before their expected return. I know my heart ached for them. I observed wives who were so emotionally overwhelmed they just broke down sobbing. The whole community was overcome with emotion as well. The town was so excited to see the soldiers here return, that the news they were to stay in the sand box for more months. even after several hundred soldiers had already returned was like being punched in the gut.



But, something very amazing happened in just a short 24 hours. Wives and Husbands had be given moments to talk to their deployed soldiers and were able to masticate on the news they had been given and they were like different people. Their spirits were glowing. They realized that this is what being a military spouse was all about. They realized their country needed the best trained people over there to get the job done and these spouses were damn proud of their soldiers. You know what? So are we. We will keep them in our prayers and in our hearts.

God Bless