Wounded Warriors

There is an organization called "Wounded Warriors". It is set up to help those soldiers that have come back from war, wounded. I met a man at a baseball game this summer who has 2 fake legs. He was a paratrooper and lost both of his legs in a jump. I talked to him for a few minutes about the Wounded Warrior program He told me it was to help, the soldiers and their families, things that the VA just doesn't do. Things like buying school supplies for their children, having a support group for the spouses, helping them find jobs if needed, talk about the war and what happened to them. They lost part of themselves protecting every one of us and deserve to be acknowledged and appreciated.
Did you know that there is an invisible war going on right now, and has been going on since time began? It is a spiritual war, and has more then likely more wounded warriors then all the wars ever in the physical. Have you ever known someone, or maybe you, that has "Lost their faith"? Something happened that you thought you could not take anymore of, and gave up? Why do we as Christians, shake our head, ask "why" and move on? These Spiritual Wounded Warriors, need us. They have been in hard battles, they have seen the odds against them, and they just couldn't do it anymore. They lost sight of the Commander waiting to rescue them. Have we ever been there? Of course we have, this is battle, and with battle comes wins and loses.
When my Mom died after MANY words from the Lord that she would be healed, I lost it. I questioned God, I was angry at God, I turned my back on Him, for a while. What brought me back? Knowing that if I turned my back on Him forever, I would not ever see Mom again. But I have the knowledge that when I go to Heaven, she will be there waiting for me.
There are many reasons we get so discouraged that we want to and sometimes do turn our back on God. He didn't answer our prayer the way we thought He would, He let our child go down the wrong path, even when we knew He would step in and rescue them, He did not let us get that job that would have been so perfect for us, or He allowed our marriage to fail and as a result, we got divorced, branded a failure for the rest of our lives (That one is my struggle). Only one problem with these scenarios: God did not do anyone of them, we did.
Now, we were the problem, does that mean we aren't still devastated? No, it does not.
We are all "Wounded Warriors" in some way or another. Anytime there is battles, there will be wounds, death, destruction...........This IS a battle, Satan is ramping things up, because he knows the war is almost over.
The fighting has intensified, there will be more deaths, wounds, destruction, coming. We need Physicians, nurses, counselors, field medics, ...............to treat the wounds. Wounds of discouragement, betrayal, bitterness, anger, pride, all the things the enemy throws our way.
How can you help, you ask? Easy be a friend to those that are down, support them encourage them, pray for them and lift them up. Let God, the only God that can put them back in the battle, work in them. We need them in these last few battles. BUT watch yourself, because we don't need more wounded warriors.