Tribute to Truckdrivers

Beginning this new week with thoughts and prayers for everyone whose occupation

demands many hours on highways, but esp. truckdrivers!

Below Jim,(my husband who is nearing a 40 year career of truck driving), 

getting ready to leave.

'While many wives and mothers stoke home-sweet-home fires with prayer

That God would send each truckdriver an angel unaware'...

Sometimes when we're in traffic we forget this bitty dictum,

'if we've got it a truck brought it!'

So how about a prayer, a smile and thumbs up, for our truckdrivers,

instead of temper-flares, horn blares and raised fists!

This Tribute to Truckdrivers was penned for my friend 

who lost her husband in May, (click HERE for May post)

after a fifty year career of driving truck. 

 In loving memory of Cliff Martin 

who is deeply missed and fondly remembered.

Continued prayers for his wife and family are dearly valued.

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To you, the unsung heroes of a million miles and more

Who keep the wheels of commerce turning worldwide, shore to shore

Who leave the warmth of home, sweet home for supply and demand

Of socks and shoes, cruses of oil, fertilizer and sand

To you, the unsung heroes we pray God to guide and keep

Oft rolling through the dark night while the world is fast asleep

Where often we are guilty of forgetting what it takes

So we have chow for pup and cow and coffee for our breaks/cakes

To you, the unsung heroes of love’s often Missed Event

While you make someone else’s day across the continent

While you transport material and tools for every trade

While going extra miles to keep the costs of living/loving paid

To you, the unsung heroes of many a-weathered gale

And many a-mustered steep, while praying brakes and gears won’t fail

While many wives and mothers stoke home-sweet-home fires with prayer

That God would send each truckdriver an angel unaware

To you, the unsung heroes of many a lonely scene

While rolling down the highway, while mile on mile gapes between

Those dearly loved, because somewhere someone depends on you

To bring the Things they need, to do the Things They Need to Do

To you, the unsung heroes of facing another day

Of traffic racing on both sides because ‘you’re in the way!’

Caught in a line of fire, not for faint of heart and mind

So, if you meet a truckdriver, dear car driver, be kind

To you, the unsung heroes of pick-ups and drop-offs, while

Horns blare and tempers flare; not everybody wears a smile

To you, the unsung heroes of bridge-builders, buttered bread

Of bringing what it takes to keep us housed and clothed and fed

You are the unsung heroes of earth’s asphalt battlefield

Where every day you face the danger of weapons, four-wheeled

And many return home to hug their loved ones, once again

But many don’t. God, guide and guard/bless our truckdrivers, amen

© Janet Martin

Ps.91:1-2&4

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.a

2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

4He will cover you with His feathers;

under His wings you will find refuge;

His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

George Strait Brothers of the Highway

'this country turns on eighteen wheels' ♫♬♬🎜

Roll On, Eighteen Wheeler-Alabama