Bless all the little children...

I knew the day was coming, just watching the news can bring tears and concern... Me and Macy were watching TV last night and i just so happened to switch it to one of the news channels. They were talking about a soldier from up north that had been killed Wednesday and his body arrived back in the states yesterday. They showed his picture, which he was Army, and then his wife and children, two little boys and a little girl standing at the doors leading to the runway where the plane that carried their daddys body had just touched down... Macy turns to me, and says "Mama, why are those kids crying?" i simply told her that their daddy had gone to heaven and they were gonna miss him. She responded, "Well where was he, why was he on a plane?" I replied that he had been overseas fighting for our country and he had been killed, so they wanted to bury him here so they flew him home.. Oh the next few moments were something i had dreaded... She was quiet for a min, and looked at me when allligator tears in the corners of those eyes.... "But mama, is daddy gonna die?"

It was a hard thing to swallow, but nevertheless something that has now become a reality for my family. Some of the hardest hit people in military families are all the little children. Its not that bad for the ones that dont know whats going on, but really hard for the ones that do. In hard times, we simply must have faith. Faith is not knowing what will happen, but being confident that the best thing WILL happen, no matter what it is. I have faith that Jonathan will be okay, that he will serve his country and come home and everything will be fine. But i also have faith that if God decided to call Jonathan home on this deployment, that we would suffer through umimaginable grief, but we would be okay. Losing someone to death doesnt mean that they are gone forever, and we must have faith that we will see them again. I told Macy, that  God will take care of daddy, no matter what happens, all we can do is have faith and pray.  Think about the little children that are missing mama or daddy everyday, that God help them understand and have faith, pray for their mother or father that is still with them that cares for them everyday, that they too will have the faith to get through. PRAY for Jonathan, the 204th and all our families. 303 days to go!!!!!!!

  I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. (Psalm 34:4)