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 slogan,
'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.
***
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.
'this country turns on eighteen wheels' ♫♬♬🎜
