Larry Eckart
Well-known member
Guys (and Dani),
In WWII during the Battle of the Bulge, the 101st airborne division was trapped in the city of Bastogne. General Patton's attempts to relieve the soldiers and the city were hampered by the bad weather, in that case, snow and fog. Patton needed air cover for his tanks and troops as well as to drop supplies into the city for the 101st.
Patton called the chaplain in and asked for a "weather prayer" that God would clear the weather so that planes could fly. The chaplain balked at first at praying for something that would harm the enemy, but did as he was instructed. The weather did indeed clear!
It seems we need a "weather prayer" this week. Hurricane Florence appears to be steering away from my home in SC but tracking for the Outer Banks, Raleigh, eastern Virginia and beyond.
We have many members in NC and Virginia who will be affected by this great storm.
So I offer this prayer:
"Lord God Heavenly Father. It's us again. Duck hunters. The guys who usually pray for the worst weather possible for our hunts. While it may seem to You that we are praying out of both sides of our mouth, we ask that you might steer the storm out to sea. And if not, that you would protect people in the center of the landfall and in the wide area of the cone. Give people the sense to get out of the way, if that is the best thing to do. Give people the good sense not to drive through a flooded stream or street. We ask Lord that lives would be spared. Property can be rebuilt, but we ask that lives may be spared. This we ask, according to Your will and by Your mercy. Amen."
Larry Eckart, Pastor
Island Lutheran Church
Hilton Head, SC
In WWII during the Battle of the Bulge, the 101st airborne division was trapped in the city of Bastogne. General Patton's attempts to relieve the soldiers and the city were hampered by the bad weather, in that case, snow and fog. Patton needed air cover for his tanks and troops as well as to drop supplies into the city for the 101st.
Patton called the chaplain in and asked for a "weather prayer" that God would clear the weather so that planes could fly. The chaplain balked at first at praying for something that would harm the enemy, but did as he was instructed. The weather did indeed clear!
It seems we need a "weather prayer" this week. Hurricane Florence appears to be steering away from my home in SC but tracking for the Outer Banks, Raleigh, eastern Virginia and beyond.
We have many members in NC and Virginia who will be affected by this great storm.
So I offer this prayer:
"Lord God Heavenly Father. It's us again. Duck hunters. The guys who usually pray for the worst weather possible for our hunts. While it may seem to You that we are praying out of both sides of our mouth, we ask that you might steer the storm out to sea. And if not, that you would protect people in the center of the landfall and in the wide area of the cone. Give people the sense to get out of the way, if that is the best thing to do. Give people the good sense not to drive through a flooded stream or street. We ask Lord that lives would be spared. Property can be rebuilt, but we ask that lives may be spared. This we ask, according to Your will and by Your mercy. Amen."
Larry Eckart, Pastor
Island Lutheran Church
Hilton Head, SC