This leaves me speechless

Marine SSgt Dan Clay was killed in Iraq on December 1, 2005.  The letter he left with his father, to be opened in the event of his death, can be found here –

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1544551/posts

“This letter being read means that I have been deemed worthy of being with Christ.”

“It has been an Honor to protect and serve all of you. I faced death with the secure knowledge that you would not have to. This is as close to Christ-like I can be. That emulation is where all honor lies.”

Copyright 2010 by Tammi Mossman.