{"id":7122,"date":"2010-09-09T00:30:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T06:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=7122"},"modified":"2010-09-05T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T17:23:09","slug":"psalm-91-and-operation-bandanas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/09\/psalm-91-and-operation-bandanas\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 91 and Operation Bandanas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Gray is the wife of a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel.\u00a0 She was &#8220;looking for something special&#8221; to send to her deployed son when she found a bandana with Psalm 91 on it.\u00a0 The bandanas, made with the same camouflage pattern as military uniforms, have been in high demand since and have become the product of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.operationbandanas.org\/\">Operation Bandanas<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 While some use them for their &#8220;function&#8221; (a rag between their helmet and their head), others have used them for their spiritual value, and just had them in their pocket over their heart.<\/p>\n<p>Gray&#8217;s <em>OpBan<\/em> is registered as a non-profit and is seeking donations to cover the thousands of requests they have received.\u00a0 The bandanas are currently available in the Army ACU, Desert Camo, and\u00a0USMC digi patterns.<\/p>\n<p>For those who may be curious:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Psalm 91<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a01 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a02 I will say of the LORD, &#8220;He is my refuge and my fortress,<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 my God, in whom I trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a03 Surely he will save you from the fowler&#8217;s snare<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and from the deadly pestilence.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a04 He will cover you with his feathers,<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and under his wings you will find refuge;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a05 You will not fear the terror of night,<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nor the arrow that flies by day,<\/p>\n<p>\u00a06 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nor the plague that destroys at midday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a07 A thousand may fall at your side,<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ten thousand at your right hand,<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but it will not come near you.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a08 You will only observe with your eyes<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and see the punishment of the wicked.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a09 If you make the Most High your dwelling\u2014<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 even the LORD, who is my refuge-<\/p>\n<p>\u00a010 then no harm will befall you,<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 no disaster will come near your tent.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a011 For he will command his angels concerning you<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to guard you in all your ways;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a012 they will lift you up in their hands,<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a013 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 you will trample the great lion and the serpent.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a014 &#8220;Because he loves me,&#8221; says the LORD, &#8220;I will rescue him;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a015 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I will be with him in trouble,<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I will deliver him and honor him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a016 With long life will I satisfy him<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and show him my salvation.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+91&amp;version=NIV\">New International Version<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Gray is the wife of a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel.\u00a0 She was &#8220;looking for something special&#8221; to send to her deployed son when she found a bandana with Psalm 91 on it.\u00a0 The bandanas, made with the same camouflage pattern as military uniforms, have been in high demand since and have become the product of Operation Bandanas.\u00a0 While some [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[23,969,2,970,703],"class_list":["post-7122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military-ministry","tag-bible","tag-mary-gray","tag-military","tag-operation-bandanas","tag-psalm-91"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}