Monday, May 28, 2012

Remember



It's Memorial Day, a day set aside to remember those who have fallen while serving their country.  We will remember these men and women of valor in many ways.  There will be flags and parades.  There will be picnics and barbeques.  There will be endless marathons of war movies and patriotic songs.  There will be time spent with family and friends.  But the primary message of the day, the reason we gather, is to remember.  


As this day passes I hope you will take time to do two things.  One is to pause, be still and silent, and say a word of thanks for all those who have served and sacrificed.  It is their day.  So please, REMEMBER.


The second thing I ask of you involves LOOKING FORWARD.  Pray for our leaders and our country, that we will take great pause and use better judgement before sending brave women and men into harm's way in the future.  Let us be ever vigilant in praying for the prophecy of Isaiah 2:4- God shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.


Because of Jesus (The Prince of Peace),

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