It Ain't Right

Greetings all!

A good friend of mine who is in the Navy Reserve was recently activated for service in Iraq. He is a Chaplain Aide and will be working with the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines. He will be looking after the spiritual well being of our troops over in Iraq. Kevin is leaving a wife and 4 kids at home.

The other day I got an email describing a situation that my friend's family is facing:

Let's just say, that the Reserve Center in Houston, is NOT cooperating, financially! We just had to pay for his hotel room, AND his food, for the past 3+ weeks! It just put us WAY in the hole! And we're NOT sure if they're going to reimburse him! He's disgusted today, and ready to come home! LOL! (like he could do that!!!:)

Please pray that everything gets straightened out, TODAY, and that they DO reimburse him........if they don't, our rent won't get paid this month!

This is staggering to me on a couple of fronts. First of all, I am amazed that the Navy has called him up but not provided for his room and board. Hopefully, this has already been taken care of and is in the process of being rectified by the military, but I will be tracking this situation and reporting on it here.

On the other hand, I am amazed at the way this family is making such a huge sacrifice for this country and for the Kingdom of God. This is such a foreign concept in America anymore. There are few that are willing to make this kind of sacrifice. Every day we hear reports of the people who have no concept that we are at war. We see the media elite who thumb their noses at these sacrificers while taking advantage of the prosperity that their sacrifices are making possible. Sacrifices that are being made by people who sometimes have to go on food stamps to make ends meet.

Folks, I know it has almost become cliché to say that we need to honor those who are serving our country, but the next time you see someone in uniform, try to remember that many of them are:

with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, mutually pledging to each other their Lives, Fortunes and sacred Honor.

God bless them all.