Memorial Day
John 15:13
13 Greater
love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
Memorial Day is a time
of remembrance of men and women who served honorably in defense of our nation. Some were drafted, some volunteered to do the
job they were assigned to the best of their ability. Active duty personnel, departed soldiers and
veterans deserve honor and praise for going to battle for those they knew and ones
not known. They put their lives at risk
for citizens who vote and those that shirk their responsibility, those that
take advantage of the educational system available in America and those who
refuse to apply themselves, those who have never seen the inside of a prison
cell and those who spent the majority of their adult years incarcerated. The list could go on covering the diversity
that is America. Their pledge is to
protect the entirety of the nation. Each person enlisting in an armed force takes the following
oath:
"I, (state name
of enlistee), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution
of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that
I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the
orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to
regulations and the Uniform. So help me God."
Soldiers always give something of themselves in service to
their country. Some give time away from
their family, some give piece of mind living with Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder, some give up parental responsibilities during unaccompanied tours,
some give up use of their limbs, loss of an organ or loss of normal skin,
replaced by grafts and keloid scars.
Then there are some that give their lives. What greater love than to give your life for friend
and country. Remember today, that all gave
some and some gave all.
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