Band of brothers

After 15 months in Iraq, my son-in-law, Kyle, comes home tonight! Those of you who have listened and watched "Mornings" know that his return is an answer to prayer. And let me thank you for yours as well. The war touches some families so intensely. We now know it has cost four thousand families a loved one. So many more have come home wounded...in many cases their lives charged forever. And so my joy is tempered by that reality yet bolstered by the certainty of God's ultimate grace. Shakespeare remembered them so eloquently in "Henry V":
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother."
In the coming weeks, thousands of "Kyles" will come home and others will deploy to take their places. Let's all remember to pray for them, their mission, and the nation. When you see people in uniform on the street, take a moment to thank them for their service. According to an old saying, fathers pray for war in their time in order to spare their sons. I'll let Benjamin Franklin put the period and exclamation point on the subject. "There was never a good war, or a bad peace."
--Larry