May 30, 2008

  • Make It home

     John 15:13 KJV Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

    This is an older post but it still stands true today:

    Word Records recording artist Mark Schultz and his hit single "Letters From War" (from the album Stories & Songs) are the centerpiece of a public awareness campaign entitled "Be Safe - Make It Home" recently launched by The U.S. Army. The Army has experienced an unusually high rate of accidental fatalities this year. This video will be used in conjunction with other educational materials to raise awareness of this problem, reverse the trend, and keep more soldiers safe in the days ahead.

     The Army is asking everyone in the U.S. to leave their front porch lights on throughout the night on  Sunday July 4, as a reminder to all soldiers to "Be Safe - Make it Home".

    You can see the video and hear the song here: http://downloads.wordrecords.com/

    She walked to the mailbox
    On that bright summers day
    Found a letter from her son
    In a war far away

    He spoke of the weather
    And good friends that he'd made
    Said I'd been thinking 'bout dad
    And the life that he had
    Thats why I'm here today
    And that the end he said
    You are what I'm fighting for
    It was the first of the letters from war

    She started writing
    You're good and you're brave
    What a father that you'll be someday
    make it home
    make it safe

    She wrote every night as she prayed

    Late in December
    A day she'll not forget
    Oh her tears stained the paper
    With every word that she read

    It said "I was up on a hill
    I was out there alone
    When the shots all rang out
    And bombs were exploding
    And thats when I saw him
    He came back for me
    And though he was captured
    A man set me free
    And that man was your son
    He asked me to write to you
    I told him i would, oh I swore"
    It was the last of the letters from war

    And she prayed he was living
    Kept on believing
    And wrote every night just to say

    You are good
    And you're brave
    what a father that you'll be someday
    Make it home
    Make it safe
    Still she kept writing each day

    Then two years later
    Autumn leaves all around
    A car pulled in the driveway
    And she fell to the ground
    And out stepped a captain
    Where her boy used to stand

    He said "mom I'm following orders
    From all of your letters
    And I've come home again",
    He ran into hold her
    And dropped all his bags on the floor
    Holding all of her letters from war

    Bring him home
    Bring him home
    Bring him home

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