From: niteshift@shaw.ca   
      
   It was an easy thing to do....   
   I'd heard on the evening news of the three American   
   Marines who'd been killed while serving in Iraq and   
   it occurred to me that it could've, just as easily, been   
   any of our brothers, or sons, or fathers, or uncles,   
   or cousins, or any other sanguiness relation, distant   
   or close.   
   ........and my heart broke.   
      
   I remembered the joy I felt after the return of my father   
   after his completion of service, wherever -including   
   circumstances.-that was.  And I think of the despair   
   and grief that may've occurred had he not.   
      
   Currently, we have sons and daughters who are in   
   harm's way...just like our American brethern.  For   
   them, and our own, I don't think it would be   
   inappropriate to take a moment out of our lives   
   to reflect on our own good fortune and perhaps   
   offer up a prayer for those who have chosen to   
   willingly sacrifice theirs so that we may do so.   
      
   I have a prayer that works for me.  It goes like this:   
      
   "Heavenly Father God....Look down upon us with   
   Your compassion and mercy...Protect us all and keep   
   us safe from harm...Lord, hear our Prayer...   
   Heavenly Father God,  grant us strenght and wisdom   
   to cope with those challenges thrown at us from those   
   who wish us harm, and deliver us from those who   
   wish us harm...Lord, hear our Prayer.  We ask this   
   through Christ, our Lord's name, Amen!"   
      
   It's a simple thing to do...just think of our sons and   
   daughters in harm's way, as well as our friends and   
   neighbours to our South, and take a moment out of   
   your life....No one has to know about it...   
   Just keep the faith...for them....for us...for those   
   who were before us...and for those who are after us...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)