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May all Americans pause and honor all military personnel–past, present, and future. A grateful nation shall never forget the service of these men and women in uniform.
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(Updated November 11)
The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) served in the United States Army in a variety of roles and assignments. As commanding general, he oversaw the operations in the Pacific theater during World War II. Later, he served as leader of the United Nations Command during the Korean War.
Worries
Life’s emptiness
Embracing Christ’s love
All given to Him
Freedom
Drifting
Lost again
Hearing Shepherd’s voice
Kneeling at Calvary’s cross
Found
Burdens
Useless baggage
Savior willingly gathers
Free to now travel
Light
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The light of our Savior will always overwhelm the enemy’s darkness.
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(Updated November 10)
God is for us. I want you to remember that God is for us. Say those four words to yourself, “God is for us.” Remember that tomorrow morning when you don’t feel like He is. Remember that when you have failed. Remember that when you have sinned and guilt slams you to the mat.
From Romans 8:31-32: What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold His own Son but gave Him up for all of us, how will He not with Him also give us everything else?”
America’s observation of Veterans Day lies ahead on November 11. As a nation gathers to honor anyone, past or present, who has served in uniform, may we remember and embrace our nation’s past.
Gathering for common good
Willing to make each sacrifice
Citizens answer country’s needs
Giving of themselves, any price
Putting aside differences
Deflating emotion’s sandbag
Spirit of Founding Fathers calls
Rallying around nation’s flag
Responding with efforts as one
Replenishing each empty soul
Tattered Old Glory proudly waves
Serving abroad, endless patrols
Overcoming every challenge
Witnessing each morning sunrise
Fears replaced with collective faith
Rising freedom fills daily skies
Bridging Lexington to Yorktown
Stepping up at Gettysburg’s fight
Battles from Marne to Normandy
Leading democracy’s daylight
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As Americans, may we continue to see our precious flag as a testament to the collective goodness which has created and preserved this nation.
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(Updated November 9)
I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. (Speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1861, as Lincoln’s train made a scheduled stop while traveling to Washington, DC for his Inauguration)
This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. (Final words of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, given on November 19, 1863, when he spoke during the commemoration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
From Psalm 118:24: “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
Each morning sunrise
Father’s gift to thee
Heaven’s brilliant skies
Mercy offers free
Coffee friends meeting
Father gathers all
Grace pours out greetings
Kindness fills each y’all
Kitchen’s window view
Father sharing peace
Each tender fescue
Life’s renewing lease
From each faithful seed
Father’s blessed prize
Harvest’s bounty feeds
Thoughts forever wise
Day’s fading sunset
Father always here
Night’s trusted cornet
Rhythm always clear
From Psalm 42:8: “By day the Lord commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.”
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Prayer opens each heart to better receive God’s future gifts. He teaches us patience while we sometimes need to wait.
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(Updated November 8)
