08 - God in the Foxhole

At night the foxhole is a very lonely place if you believe that man evolved from lower animals. You know that the only help you will get from your maker is the comfort that there is a better hereafter. You are sure that he will take you up and make a place for you but do not expect him to help you at the expense of the other guy. You know you are trained well and you ask for help to stay alert and if the worst happens for God to take your spirit to be with him.

Everyone prays for help and a simple – now I lay me down to sleep. At night or the Lord is my Shepard and Our Father who art in Heaven are a lot of help on long lonely nights when people mean to harm you just don’t forget when danger seems’ past. If you have no faith you have no hope and all the guy’s that believed in nothing or war sure that God would protect them didn’t last long.

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