Pray for Ukraine
Every time you turn on the news, we are inundated with such horrible news it is so hard to watch in the morning and then try to be positive the rest of the day. My morning devotional said, “34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34)
It is difficult to do. Years ago, when Walter Cronkite would give the news on CBS about the war in Vietnam, there would be video aired of the fighting. This was really the first time Americans would see actual combat and loss of life in actual time. It was horrible to see, and he would always give a death count at the end of the story.
I remember my mother watching this in horror because her brother, and two of her brothers-in-law were in Vietnam fighting. All three came back from the war, however, her brother never was the same.
Fast forward a few years and video gaming began to be popular and everyone was playing war games on the computer. It seemed like the horror of war was a memory. Because if you lost the war in your game, you just hit the start over button or new game button.
We went many years with this mentality. There were many conflicts since the Vietnam war where brave men and women were in the dessert fighting and losing their lives to protect the freedom of this country. This is not a game. I have the utmost respect for any man or woman in the military and the sacrifice they put on the line to protect our freedom.
Ronald Reagan had one of the best quotes which rings true today where he said.
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
We live in very uncertain time right now. And the war in Ukraine is horrible and we need to pray for the people trying to survive the bombing and fight for their country. We have a friend of ours in Orlando and her son married a young woman, “Lili”, from Ukraine. Lili’s mother reached out and sent a message days ago which reads:
“Thank you for praying for us and worrying. We live like on a volcano.... We try not to leave the house, only if we buy bread and water. Explosions and shooting are heard almost all the time. The siren, an air raid warning, is often activated. We immediately hide in the basement and sit until the cancellation is announced. It went on all night yesterday, it's terrible! They want to intimidate us and break our psyche! We are very scared. They have the worst weapons, but we're holding on for now. This is in the 21st century, this is happening, and no one can stop the killing of people!!! There are a lot of acquaintances who have gone missing with their whole families, they cannot be found .... Maybe they are no longer alive (((( take care of the peace in your country, this is important!
Join me and continue to pray for all those in Ukraine holding on to their lives with everything they have.
Deuteronomy 20:4. 4 For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”
God Bless
Mike