Giving Thanks for Our Country and Those Who Defend It

On Thanksgiving, as on every day, I give thanks for the men and women of the United States armed forces — especially one sailor very dear to my heart, who has been away from his family since April.  From The Book of Common Prayer:

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad.  Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Stay safe, Son, as you return from your final deployment and rejoin your bride and stepson.

3 thoughts on “Giving Thanks for Our Country and Those Who Defend It

  1. Amen brother, best wishes to Harry, his family and all the other brother and sisters in arms sacrificing for us. Thanks to you all who serve, we truly grateful. God bless you and your loving families keeping the homefires burning.
    Happy Thanksgiving

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