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If you look at my ID page, you will see that I have posted General Patton's famous "Weather Prayer" which he commissioned his chaplain to compose during the Battle of the Bulge and the seige of the US 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne.

The weather was lousy for days on end meaning that the US couldn't send its Air Force bombers into the sky to attack the German forces surrounding Bastogne. The "Weather Prayer" was Patton's attempt to get divine intervention to clear up the weather so the US planes could fly.

It worked. The weather cleared, the planes flew, the 101st Airborne was rescued, and the German advance was crushed. The date was right around Christmas Day, 1944.

Someone sent this to me--hope it gives you comfort:

Today's 23rd Psalm

The Lord is my peace. I shall not live in anxiety. He puts me under His wing of comfort and calms my spirit within me. He takes all my anxieties on Himself and helps me to focus on Him. Yes, though I walk through a time of grave uncertainties and fierce anxieties, I will not fear, for You are my peace. Your Word and Your presence calm me now. You hold my uncertainties in the palm of Your hand. You soothe my anxious mind - You smooth my wrinkled brow. Surely serenity and trust in You shall fill me all the days of my life. And I shall keep my mind stayed on You forever.

Though the days ahead are uncertain with rumors of war, we have our Mighty God who holds us by our hand and gives us strength for this day. We exalt His name together