A Prayer For Those Lost In Battle

A PRAYER FOR THOSE
LOST IN BATTLE

by HELEN STEINER RICE



GIVE ETERNAL REST TO THEM, O LORD,
WHOSE SOULS HAVE TAKEN FLIGHT,
AND LEAD THEM TO A BETTER WORLD
WHERE THERE IS PEACE AND LIGHT.
GRANT THEM ETERNAL FREEDOM
FROM CONFLICT, WAR, AND CARE,
AND FULFILL FOR THEM THE PROPHECY-
THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE.



DEATH IS NOT SENT AS PUNISHMENT. IT IS A
GRADUATION TO GLORY! AND EVEN THOUGH
IN THIS INSTANCE, DEATH CAME IN A CRUEL,
INHUMAN WAY, GOD HAD TAKEN THEIR SOULS
BEFORE THE CRUELTY OF DEATH WAS EVEN
APPARENT TO THEM. YOU MUST REALIZE THAT
THEY ROSE UNENCUMBERED TO MEET GOD,
AND THEY ARE SAFE AND FREE WHERE ALL
THE PROBLEMS OF THIS RESTLESS, VIOLENT
WORLD WILL NO LONGER DISTURB THIER YOUNG MINDS.
H.S.R.





THE LORD SHALL PRESERVE THY GOING OUT
AND THY COMING IN FROM THIS TIME FORTH,
AND EVEN FOR EVERMORE.



PSALM 121:8
KJV



HE RENEWS MY STRENGTH.
HE GUIDES ME ALONG RIGHT PATHS,
BRINGING HONOR TO HIS NAME.



PSALM 23:3
NLT



IN MY DISTRESS I CRYED TO THE LORD,
AND HE HEARD ME.



PSALM 120:1
NKJV



I WILL PRAY TO THE LORD,
AND HE WILL ANSWER ME FROM HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN.



PSALM 3:4
NCV



I GO TO BED AND SLEEP IN PEACE,
BECAUSE, LORD, ONLY YOU KEEP ME SAFE.



PSALM 4:8
NCV



WHEN I ASKED FOR YOUR HELP,
YOU ANSWERED MY PRAYER AND GAVE ME COURAGE.



PSALM 138:3
CEV



LOVE AND TRUTH BELONG TO GOD'S PEOPLE;
GOODNESS AND PEACE WILL BE THEIRS.



PSALM 85:10
NCV