Pray for our Troops

                                                        Wondering Weekend #8

     I am on vacation! I left yesterday and will be gone until the 29th, so my posts will be less detailed and refined than usual. I do apologize for that! We are staying with some friends in Virginia for the next  4 or 5 days to visit DC and such. Today we visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps. It was mind blowing how many men (and more recently, women....but I don't really think they should be there...) have served our country in so many wars and battles. I don't want to seem disrespectful, but it seems like a lot of our nation's so called Christian principles are just fronts.

     I was surprised to see a chapel in the outer grounds of the museum. It was a beautiful, small chapel, tbut I almost immediately thought, "This is so fake." When you walk in, the first thing you see is a donation box for the museum. Then a restroom and a few rows of benches. The walls are mostly glass and have some words like "courage", "honor", etc. on them. In the front is a kneeling soldier with a prayer written under him. It was a beautiful picture of what American soldiers should be like. But yet they aren't...
     When you think of a typical American soldier, the image that flashes through your mind is probably more a smoking, swearing, brute rather than a praying Christian. Our national image has gone from the God blessed nation to the corrupt people that we are today.
     I realize the average American would be outraged by such statements as I'm making. Yes, I believe America is corrupt. Yes, I believe the average soldier has no belief in God. But that doesn't mean I don't respect and am thankful to our armed forces. As a Christian, I see the honor in being a courageous and noble soldier. David and other mighty men show this is Biblical. I just think our nation is too godless for that chapel to be a true image of our soldiers.
     I did say a quick prayer while I was in there. I asked for the protection and salvation of our troops. As I looked at the rows upon rows of bricks of dead or wounded soldiers at the museum, I truly hoped many of them knew Christ. Take a moment to pray for our troops today.