She is a Hero of Mine

I am thankful we have nurses that can by touched by the human side of their skill. My wife is one of the ICU nurses there in Baghdad with the 10th Combat Support Hospital. In the heat of the moment you want her by your side fighting for your welfare. It does not matter who you are friend or foe, skill and daring are shared with equal parts of compassion. She is a hero of mine and I miss her dearly. She has mentioned the closeness of the medical brotherhood in that hospital. It's what keeps you sane. Still there are those quiet moments when she calls me and we pray together. The human side of my nurse mate echoes in her wavering voice as she talks about the injured children. A thousand miles can not separate us then. It is a gift of God that keeps us. We are thankful to serve together. We are blessed to share what He has given. In His Service, Brad

Never underestimate the power of your passion

Ephesians 3: 14 - 21 14 When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, 15 the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. 16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit. 17 And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God. 20 Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope. 21 May he be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages. Amen.


My beloved dove,
I tremble and weep
When I ponder the power
Of God’s love toward us.

I am shaken
To a bright realization
That God never wearies
Of our cries of repentance.

In the middle of our broken moments
His love rushes in
And pierces our soul
With a halting question.

My beloved Mrs. Hearn,
Never underestimate
The power of your passion.
The more prayer time
We commit together
The more love I sense
Flowing from the Throne of Grace.

I may never discover
Why you love me so.
I know the soil in my soul
Is hard to clean.

But God, in His love,
Reached for my soul
And gripped my heart
When I heard your “I do”

Today, at this distance,
I am more committed than ever
To nourish you and cherish you.

In my clumsy manner
God sees fit to shape
A vessel for you to drink.
I am your vessel my dearest.

Your devotion
Firms my resolve.
Your passion
Fills me to overflowing.

So as we seek His Presence
From distant shores
Allow His love to blend our hearts
Into the One Flesh vessel He needs
To quench the quest
Of this dry and thirsty land.

To my cherished wife Sonia
from her husband Brad
January 25, 2006

Awesome Opportunity to Serve

I will testify at any given moment that God has given Sonia and I an awesome opportunity to serve Him on opposite shores: I on the shores of the Potomac and she on the shores of the Tigris. (See Daniel 10:4). When I drive by the Potomac River I remember the life changing vision Daniel had as he walked by the Tigris River. Sonia can see that very same river when she peers from the windows of her intensive care unit in that Baghdad hospital.

Our joint prayer is that God will make the changes in our lives, right by the river where we stand. Changes that He purposes as we look forward to serving Him together the rest of our lives. True, there are times at night that I cry. And then I find that God was there all the time to give rest and peace in the time of trial. This year-long separation only makes our yearning more intense. I want my yearning for God to just as intense and unyielding. I know God feels the same. I long for Him with ever increasing intensity. I know this because my wife has mandated me to be ready for her coming. She wants, no commands that I loose 10 pounds and build up my stamina, because, she says, "I haven’t seen my husband in I don’t know how long, so be ready!” I not only want to be ready for her, I want to be ready for Christ’s return. I am focused on that as much as my beloved wife is focused on her return. I want to be ready.
December 30, 2005