RSSUpdate: A Prayer For A Marine Recruit
Semper Fi Parents | February 27, 2011
In August of 2010, when our daughter was still going through Marine boot camp at Parris Island, Sue came across this prayer, it pretty much sums up the feelings of any parent of a Marine recruit.
Father, in the coming days, I will need you, but my recruit will need You more!
Let her perform her tasks with a sense of duty, not of anger or vengeance.
Let her reflexes be quick and her hands steady.
Let her head be clear and her eyes sharp.
Let her mind and body be strong and her spirit stronger.
God, please stand by my recruit and watch her back when she cannot!
Father, I love this recruit of mine! Take from ME; what she needs and give me what she does not.
I will pace the nights, if it means she gets some sleep.
I will deal with fatigue, if it means she will have energy.
I will carry her fear, if it means it gives her courage.
I will take her pain, if it means she is healthy and whole.
I will take her anger, if it means she is at peace.
Take my love and pride and let her feel it!
Let her know that I am with her every step of the way!
Please, take from me what You can; I give it willingly and with love.
It is all I have besides my prayers.
Above all, please help my recruit to achieve her goal of becoming....
A United States Marine!
This I ask on bended knee, that which I cannot do without YOU!
Amen
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