Broken Things Needin' Fixin'

LORD, remember Jennie Logsdon Martin. She must be in Stanford by now. Grant her your traveling mercy. Guide the doctor who will be attending to her. Heal her, LORD. She has a wonderful testimony to your glory.

See, LORD, her January 26, 2005 posting on her website. It brims with her signature upbeat spirit and complete trust in your plan for her life.

She's funny, LORD. She nicknamed herself "Miss Marietta" for now while she is all broken up and needing mending. She didn't like to be "Jennie" in this condition, so the monicker.

So please, LORD, bring her back from Stanford as "Jennie". Write the end already to this chapter where she plays "Miss Marietta". I miss the Jennie that you've used a lot to bring inspiration to me---and I'm sure to countless others.

Also, LORD, if I may bring more fixer uppers to you today, so many lives went broken with the news of a Super Stallion helicopter that crashed in Iraq. We lost thirty Marines and one Sailor. Father, please comfort the families of each of these heroes.

Fix Iraq, dear God. Bring success to our efforts to bring democracy to this land. Honor the blood sacrificed by our soldiers to bring freedom to Iraq in defense of our homeland.

And, please, fix the eyes of those in the USA who would be so blind as not to see. Rid them of the partisan and agenda-driven cataract that clouds their vision. Warn them that in their blindness they confuse foe from friend.

Fix all these things for me, Father, so my broken heart may heal, too.

In Jesus' Mighty Name I ask it, LORD. Amen.