I hope you and those who love and depend on you are well-rested. No doubt you understand the importance of sufficient rest. I hope that our transparency in sharing experiences, lessons learned, and answers to prayer of our life story to family members, friends and others encourages them to share as well. Hopefully you and I will continue to share how the LORD has blessed and delivered us in the past with any willing to listen. I expect that you like I try to demonstrate faith in God more than speak about it. ‘I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.’ [Psalm 78:2-4 ESV] my sister-in-Christ Lt Col Charlie Brown

I pray that each and every one of YOUR adopted sons and daughters who is a parent or guardian is able to rest sufficiently especially those charged with raising infants and toddlers. I lift single-parents of infants and toddlers to YOU LORD. I pray that YOU motivate grandparents and other single parents to offer help, moral support, and adult conversation in person or telephonically. ‘Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much,’ [Ecclesiastes 5:12a ESV]

LORD, I pray YOU prompt each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters who reads or listens to this prayer to share our personal testimony of our experiences in our walk of faith. Remind us to write down our memories while we still remember. Motivate each of us to write down on paper, add notes to photographs, and other records of our personal life story. Help us to encourage and guide those we love to share their own testimonies and experiences transparently ‘For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” John 14:24-26 ESV]

I pray that each and every one of YOUR adopted sons and daughters who is a parent or guardian is able to rest sufficiently especially those charged with raising infants and toddlers. I lift single-parents of infants and toddlers to YOU LORD. I pray that YOU motivate grandparents and other single parents to offer help, moral support, and adult conversation in person or telephonically. ‘Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much,’ [Ecclesiastes 5:12a ESV]

Thank you, LORD for YOUR perfect design of human beings. Although sin has infected creation, YOUR incarnation as the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, resulted in the sinless Jesus who became the Christ. YOUR atonement cleanses each adopted son and daughter of the guilt of sin and justifies each of us in YOUR scales of justice. ‘the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.’ [Romans 3:22-25 ESV]

LORD, I lift deployed service members and other individuals separated from family and friends to YOU. I pray that YOU prompt each to write letters and cards to loved ones, to save those letters, cards, photographs in safe places including more permanent capabilities to save and retrieve. ‘I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. But on some points, I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God, [Romans 15:14-15 ESV]

I pray that you and your family members sleep well Friday night and each will awake refreshed and healthy on Saturday morning.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
FYI PO3 Charles Streich SPC Michael Terrell SSgt Kelly D.
Frederick Lee Drakeford - Lord Renew My Mind!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqQdsz3FzKQ

CSM Charles Hayden - absolutely correct. If the caregiver runs out of "steam" then who will do the work?

Amen, LtCol.Brown.

I love that you know your limits Lt Col Charlie Brown. Grief and loss counseling is rewarding but exhausting work. The empathy of it batters and bruises the emotions. I cringe when observing people over-committing without knowing they are. It paves the way for mediocrity to not delegate when possible.
My first roommate in college said her Dad, a high school principle, used to tell her to take a rest from "excess allocation of mental resources" to recharge her batteries. I never forgot that since his sense of humor was so much like my Dad's. Catchy way to say you need to "chill" - especially important during trying times.

...And a Good R.E.D. Friday to you as well, Maj Robert Thornton and thank you for two great memes, which fit nicely into the Colonel's message for today!

I hope you and those who love and depend on you are well-rested. No doubt you understand the importance of sufficient rest. I hope that our transparency in sharing experiences, lessons learned, and answers to prayer of our life story to family members, friends and others encourages them to share as well. Hopefully you and I will continue to share how the LORD has blessed and delivered us in the past with any willing to listen. I expect that you like I try to demonstrate faith in God more than speak about it. ‘I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.’ [Psalm 78:2-4 ESV] my brother-in-Christ Maj Robert Thornton

I pray that each and every one of YOUR adopted sons and daughters who is a parent or guardian is able to rest sufficiently especially those charged with raising infants and toddlers. I lift single-parents of infants and toddlers to YOU LORD. I pray that YOU motivate grandparents and other single parents to offer help, moral support, and adult conversation in person or telephonically. ‘Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much,’ [Ecclesiastes 5:12a ESV]

LORD, I pray YOU prompt each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters who reads or listens to this prayer to share our personal testimony of our experiences in our walk of faith. Remind us to write down our memories while we still remember. Motivate each of us to write down on paper, add notes to photographs, and other records of our personal life story. Help us to encourage and guide those we love to share their own testimonies and experiences transparently ‘For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” John 14:24-26 ESV]

I pray that each and every one of YOUR adopted sons and daughters who is a parent or guardian is able to rest sufficiently especially those charged with raising infants and toddlers. I lift single-parents of infants and toddlers to YOU LORD. I pray that YOU motivate grandparents and other single parents to offer help, moral support, and adult conversation in person or telephonically. ‘Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much,’ [Ecclesiastes 5:12a ESV]

Thank you, LORD for YOUR perfect design of human beings. Although sin has infected creation, YOUR incarnation as the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, resulted in the sinless Jesus who became the Christ. YOUR atonement cleanses each adopted son and daughter of the guilt of sin and justifies each of us in YOUR scales of justice. ‘the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.’ [Romans 3:22-25 ESV]

LORD, I lift deployed service members and other individuals separated from family and friends to YOU. I pray that YOU prompt each to write letters and cards to loved ones, to save those letters, cards, photographs in safe places including more permanent capabilities to save and retrieve. ‘I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. But on some points, I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God, [Romans 15:14-15 ESV]

I pray that you and your family members sleep well Friday night and each will awake refreshed and healthy on Saturday morning.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
FYI PO3 Charles Streich SPC Michael Terrell SSgt Kelly D.
Frederick Lee Drakeford - Lord Renew My Mind!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqQdsz3FzKQ

Scripture: Mark 2:27 ESV 'And he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'
Image: Restore
FYI SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.DPO3 Charles StreichSSgt Kelly D.SGT Mary G.SGT Tiffanie G.CWO4 Terrence ClarkMAJ Roland McDonald MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.SFC William Farrell SFC (Join to see)SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Lt Col Charlie Brown SFC Stephen King SSG Michael NollMAJ Bob Miyagishima PO1 Kevin Dougherty SGM Bill Frazer Sgt (Join to see) SFC Stephen King LTC Tom JonesSPC Michael Terrell
Kutless - Restore Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUB0yiW9pjU

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 ESV 'Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Image: Do not rush, take time to rest in the LORD
FYI SGT Herbert Bollum A1C Riley Sanders PO3 Lynn SpaldingTSgt George RodriguezSPC Nancy Greene A1C Mike AllenSFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL PO2 Marco Monsalve Cpl (Join to see) SGT Mary G.SP5 Geoffrey VannersonSGT David A. 'Cowboy' GrothSSG William Jones SSG Michael Noll SSgt David M. SFC Ralph E Kelley PO1 Kevin Dougherty PO1 Howard Barnes SPC Tina Jones

Charlie & Jill LeBlanc - Rest In the Lord (Songs Of Deliverance Vol. 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbxfrba5VHE

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 ESV 'Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Image: Do not rush, take time to rest in the LORD
FYI PO2 Marco Monsalve Cpl (Join to see) SGT Mary G.SP5 Geoffrey VannersonSGT David A. 'Cowboy' GrothSSG William Jones SSG Michael Noll SSgt David M. SFC Ralph E Kelley PO1 Howard Barnes SPC Tina JonesSPC Michael TerrellCPL Douglas Chrysler CPL Ronald Keyes JrSGT Herbert Bollum A1C Riley Sanders PO3 Lynn SpaldingTSgt George RodriguezSPC Nancy Greene

Charlie & Jill LeBlanc - Rest In the Lord (Songs Of Deliverance Vol. 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbxfrba5VHE

Thank You Brother Steve for the Scriptures, your Testimony/Definition of Weekend Day, the Words of Wisdom and the haunting Nirvana song Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Live on MTV Unplugged Unedited)