Dear God

Dear God,
I'm lying here tonight, asking for your help. I ask for your help tonight, and throughout my week, to remain strong and confident, and not to ever give up. I ask for your help to remember what it means to be a medic- to always take care of those who depend on me, regardless of rank, title, position, or personal conflict, and without distraction from outside forces. I ask for your guidance this week, because there are so many things I'm still learning, and some of them only You can teach me.
I ask for your help to remain calm, and not let my past overtake my present. I am not what my life has been, I am who I decide today that I will be. I ask for your help in setting the standard, and being the good example, rather than the horrible warning. I ask for your help to remember to look at the hurdles as opportunities rather than obstacles. I have only to try to succeed, but first to remember this.
I am not in this world only for myself. I am a force who can hurt or heal, praise or scold, strengthen or weaken, build or destroy, move or stagnate. Please help me to always make the right decision. Please watch over my fiance, my family, my friends, my fellow soldiers, and all those who are simply trying to do the right thing.
Amen.