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Loving a Marine
Loving a Marine is not always play;
Loving him truly is a high price to pay.
It's being alone with no one to hold,It's being young and feeling so old.
It's having him whispering his love to you;
It's whispering back that you love him, too.
There comers a kiss and a promise of more,
and in his mind fond memories he will store.
Reluctantly, painfully, letting him go,
while your dying inside from wanting him so.
Watching him leave with eyes full of tears,
standing alone with your hopes, dreams and fears.
Weeks are like months, and months like years.
You wait for the day when you'll have no more fears.
Days go by slowly, how many have passed?
And suddenly you realize that it is here at last!
A Wife's Prayer for her Marine
Courtesy of Leatherneck Magazine
Dear Heavenly Father,
Now the evening shadows gather, the lonely night is here.
This day which has been so empty is almost gone.
Oh Dear God, be with my husband who is so far from home.
Help him when the thoughts of his loved ones bring the awful heartache on.
Lord, let him know that with Your ever-lasting love, You are right beside him
With Your loving mercy from above.
Help him with his heartache, with the closeness of a friend, a smile of understanding.
It will lift the burden from his heart.
Let him also be a blessing to one who needs him.
Let him feel the prayers of his loved ones whose thoughts are always with him.
And, Dear God, when the tide has turned against him,
His whole world seems upside down,
Let him see things more clearly.
Show him how to love Thee more dearly.
Let his faith in Thee stay unbroken.
Inspire him with new courage every day so that he will soon be with us.
Make him strong to run the race.
Amen
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