Asking for Prayer

 

   My sweet friends, I am coming to you asking for prayer.  The Middle East is mess right now and is just getting worse.  The atrocities done to the Jewish people in Israel is horrific.  Hamas is pure evil as is Hezbollah. There are those who will take every opportunity to lie and capitalize on this and will attack innocent people all over the world.  My heart aches for all those innocent people in Israel, Palestine, and everywhere else this evil has spread.

   A dear friend of mine's son-in-law is from Israel.  He is in the USA with his wife and baby, but his parents are in Israel.  Last I heard, they were safe for the moment, but as we all know, everything can change in a heartbeat there.  Please pray for their safety, as well as all the other people living in fear.

   My son is currently serving in the Middle East at a base right in the middle of all this.  He is in a country that is friendly with the USA, but they have had attacks on that base in the past and they are doing everything they can to be alert and prepared for that possibility again. Some of my son's troops are in a different Middle Eastern Country that is not friendly with the USA and they have come under attack.  He was initially supposed to be there with them, but got assigned to the other base instead.  He is struggling because he wants to be with them.  He wants to protect them and keep them safe so they can go home to their families when their deployment is over.  I understand my son's heart and why he is having a difficult time with this.  But, as his mother, I am so very thankful that he is not there.  I want him to be able to come home to his wife and children also.  I know he would put himself in harm's way to save his troops because that is the kind of man he is.  Please pray for protection for him, his troops and all those brave men and women there from all countries trying to do everything they can to protect others while this "powder keg" is blowing up all around them and they are feeling the "fallout" of it.  Please also keep the people in the embassies, who have or will come under attack, safe. 

   Here on the home front, protect us from the evil that this is.  I pray to God to root out all those who wish us harm, whether foreign or domestic. Our country does not currently have a strong president or vice president and our senate and congress are so busy infighting, that they are not doing their jobs that they were elected to do.  A weak country is easily toppled, and I fear that we are ripe for the picking at this moment.  We have had many who have crossed our borders illegally and we have no idea where they are or what their goal is.  We do know that there are "sleeper cells" here in the USA and that they can be called on at any time to unleash whatever it is that they are told to do.  The "chatter" has confirmed this and the warnings have been made public now.  We have, in the past, had someone arrested near us that was working with Isis, using coupons to cash in and get money for the terrorists.  He came on a student visa and was attending college here. Hiding in plain sight as they say.

   Finally my friends, please be aware of your surroundings.  Please stock up on food, water and medications.  Our economy is in real trouble too.  Inflation continues to rise and the cost of everything is going way up.  Hedge your bets by buying the things you will need for a while out.  I'm trying to look out at least a year for most things if possible.  If you have the ability to purchase, or already have a weapon, make sure you have enough "lead" for it and practice with it.  Jeff and I are going to get our concealed carry permits and will be getting more training from some of the best teachers we know and love.  We want to be safe wherever we are and not become victims of any kind of crime.  We also want to be able to protect our kids, grandkids and others around us.  

   Thank you, be safe and know that I am praying for you all too!