What America Is up Against?

I came across this story yesterday, but I decided to wait to post it till today.  This story seriously {ticked me off} enraged me so much. It makes me want to go join the CIA and learn Arabic/Farsi. 

 I first learned of this story on Fox News {Read it Here}, but was re-directed to the writers {Michael Yon} website. About Michael Yon: “He is a former Green Beret, native of Winter Haven, Fl. who has been reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan since December 2004.  No other reporter has spent as much time with combat troops in these two wars.  Michael’s dispatches from the frontlines have earned him the reputation as the premier independent combat journalist of his generation.  His work has been featured on “Good Morning America,” The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, ABC, FOX, as well as hundreds of other major media outlets all around the world.” His website is pretty great!

READ the Entire Story Here.

Via Michael's Webstie: "I asked the Army to declassify the storyboard, and so they cleaned off some coordinates and other unimportant trivia, and here it is: {PDF}" *This is your warning; some images may be disturbing to some.

I am reminded of the quote by Gandhi, “Be the change you want to see in the World” .

Photo by Staff Sgt. Bradley Rhen
A Soldier from Co. C, 2nd Bn., 27th Inf. Rgt. hand out Skittles candy to Afghan kids Dec. 22 in Khezer Kheyl, Afghanistan.
Via: Google/Department of Defence

lucy

National Day of Prayer

“A nation without God's guidance is a nation without order. Happy are those who keep God's law!” Proverbs 29:18

What is the NDoP? The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of ALL FAITHS to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

Why should we Pray? 1. We pray because we love God. We spend time with God in prayer and communion because we love him. Just as a man and woman in love desire to be together and communicate, so we – if we love God – will desire to be with Him and to fellowship with Him in proportion to our love for Him.
2. We pray because we depend on God. God is our source. He is our life (Colossians 3:4). Through prayer we receive the comfort, the strength and all the other resources that we need in life – both naturally and spiritually. Prayer – relationship to God – is as necessary to the spiritual life as air to the natural life.
3. We need to pray in order to resist temptation. “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation.” (Mt. 26:41). Much sin is the result of the sin of prayerlessness. Through lack of prayer, we are weak, others are weaker and Satan gains the advantage in our lives.
4. We need to pray because it is necessary for men to invite God to act in salvation. God gave the earth to Adam and his descendants. We must invite God to work here. If no-one invites God to work here, Satan (the god of this world through man’s universal rebellion – 2 Corinthians 4:4) will dominate the affairs of men and eventually the judgment of God will come. By inviting God often and specifically, multitudes can be saved that would otherwise be lost.
5. We need to pray because God commands us to pray. “Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 4:2). “Then he [Jesus] spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not lose heart.” (Luke 18:1). The need to pray is as great as the authority of God which commands us: “Pray without ceasing.” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Prayer is so vital to all that God wants to do on the earth, and so essential to us, that God commands us to do it all the time. We should even deny ourselves sleep and food at times in order to pray more and with greater power. (Matthew 6:16; Luke 6:12; Luke 21:36; Colossians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 11:27).
{Source: National Day of Prayer}

“I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust” Psalm 91.2

What do I pray for?

1.    Our Nation.

2.    Our President.

3.    Leaders {i.e. Presidents, Prime Ministers, Ambassadors} around the World.

4.    Military. {Marines, Navy, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard}

5.    Different nations would see Christ is the only way.

ONE Nation, UNDER God!  God Bless YOU and God Bless the United States of America.

Lucy

Favorite Friday: Coming Home!

Happy Friday Everyone! Favorite Friday: Coming HOME!!!! {TV Show}

Grab your Kleenex, some hot tea, a blanket and get ready for the most inspiring post I’ve done thus far! Today in the spot light is my new favorite TV show ever. Lifetime’s Coming Home, which airs Sunday Nights 8.00p CST. I cry through the entire thing.

No one in my family has ever gone to war, nor has anyone close to me been killed in the line of duty, but I have a whole new respect for those who keep me safe everyday from CRAZY TERRIORISTS!



If you know someone or have the chance to thank someone who is in the military do it, because you really don't know if you will see them again once they leave. I had the chance to work with the "Wounded Warrior Project" {Read about it here} while I was working at the White House. It was truly amazing. Thankfully those men who came back were alive, wounded but alive.

Also every day more and more young men die while at war. Thanks to "iCasualities" for providing this information. {iCasualties} Since January 10 Men have died for our Country while keeping you safe! Be Thankful!

• 1.02.2011- Rosado, Jose M. Clintron, age 38, Hostle Fire- IED Attack, U.S. Army National Gaurd
• 1.15.2011- Lamar, Martin J., age 43, Hostle Fire- Small Arms Attack, U.S. Army
• 1.15.2011- Barley, Michael P., age 23, Hostle Fire- Small Arms Attacks, U.S. Army
• 1.15.2011- Torre, Jr., Jose A., age 21, Hostile Fire- RPG Attack, U.S. Army
• 1.17.2011- Evarts, Michael S., age 41, Non Hostile, U.S. Army
• 2.15.2011- Evans, Lashawn D., age 24, Non Hostile, U.S. Army
• 2.17.2011- Owens, Corey C., age 26, Non Hostile, U.S. Air Force
• 2.17.2011- Johnson, Christoffer P., age 20, Non Hostile- Vehicle Accident, U.S Air Force
• 3.16.2011- Hinkle II, Michael J., age 24, Non Hostile, U.S. Air Force
• 3.20.2011- Hocking, Brandon S., age 24, Hostile Fire- IED Attack, U.S Army
  

Thank You!

Lucy